Tower Behavioral Health

What Tower Behavioral Health does

Tower Behavioral Health, operating under the legal entity Reading Behavioral Healthcare, LLC, is a for-profit psychiatric and behavioral health hospital located in Reading, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2020 and operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC), the facility provides a coordinated continuum of inpatient and outpatient mental health services for adults and adolescents, including Adult Inpatient (ages 18+), Adolescent Inpatient (ages 14-17), a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP, ages 18-65), a specialty Eating Disorders program branded Resiliency (ages 14+), Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), and an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program (ages 25+). Care is delivered by multidisciplinary treatment teams composed of psychiatrists, psychologists, RNs, social workers, therapists, and case managers, with age-segmented inpatient units and detailed discharge planning.

The company's revenue model is based on per diem and per-service clinical billing. Disclosed inpatient per diem rates range from $725 to $3,200 depending on payer; PHP per diem rates range from $250 to $750 (with a discounted cash price of $373); ACT per diem rates range from $50 to $64; and a psychiatric evaluation (CPT 90792) carries a gross charge of $250 with a $100 cash discount. The facility is in-network with a broad set of commercial payers (Aetna, AmeriHealth, Capital Blue Cross, Geisinger, Highmark, Humana, Independence BCBS, Magellan, PerformCare, Quest, UBH/Optum, UPMC) as well as Medicare and Medicaid, and offers self-pay discounts and a charity care policy. Go-to-market is sales-led, relying on professional referrals from healthcare providers, a 24/7 walk-in admissions line, confidential online self-assessments, and organic presence on Facebook and LinkedIn. Headcount is reported at 51-100 employees; no revenue figures, funding rounds, or M&A activity are disclosed.

Name

Tower Behavioral Health

Legal name

Reading Behavioral Healthcare, LLC

Website

https://towerbehavioralhealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Tower Behavioral Health is a Reading, PA-based psychiatric hospital and subsidiary of Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ: ACHC) providing inpatient and outpatient mental health care to adults and adolescents across a full continuum including adult and adolescent inpatient, PHP, eating disorders, ECT, and ACT programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (6222), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals & Units (HLAFACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services) (HLAFACAL), Crisis Stabilization Units & Psychiatric Emergency Services (HLAFACAH)

Keywords

• Mental health treatment
• Psychiatric hospital services
• Behavioral health care
• Inpatient psychiatric care
• Outpatient mental health

Headquarters

HQ city

Reading

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Revenue generated from providing inpatient psychiatric care, outpatient programs, and partial hospitalization services. Services are billed per diem for inpatient care and through negotiated rates with insurance providers including Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tower Behavioral Health operates a psychiatric and mental health hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania, providing a coordinated continuum of behavioral health care. The facility delivers acute crisis stabilization through adult and adolescent inpatient programs, structured outpatient care via a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), and specialty services including an Eating Disorder (Resiliency) program, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT). Services are billed per diem and reimbursed through Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance carriers.

Product overview

Tower Behavioral Health operates as a psychiatric and mental health hospital providing comprehensive behavioral health treatment services. The facility offers a coordinated continuum of care through its core inpatient programs (Adult Inpatient and Adolescent Inpatient), outpatient services (Partial Hospitalization Program), and specialty programs (Eating Disorder/Resiliency, ECT, and Assertive Community Treatment). These programs work together to provide acute crisis stabilization, age-appropriate interventions, and ongoing support for individuals with mental health disorders, co-occurring addiction, and specific conditions such as eating disorders, psychotic disorders, depression, anxiety, and PTSD. The facility serves adolescents and adults of all genders in the Reading, PA community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adult Inpatient Program
• Adolescent Inpatient Program Personalized, age-appropriate inpatient psychiatric care for adolescents ages 14-17, including crisis stabilization for depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-harm, and suicidal ideation.
• Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Structured outpatient psychiatric care for adults ages 18-65 who need intensive treatment without round-the-clock monitoring, typically used as a step-down from inpatient care.
• Resiliency: Eating Disorder Program Comprehensive care for patients age 14 and older living with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, delivered through the Resiliency program.
• Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Specialized psychiatric treatment procedure for patients with severe mental health conditions that have not responded to other treatment modalities.
• Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Community-based, team-based mental health treatment program for adults age 25 and older with severe and persistent mental illness, delivered in the patient's environment.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Acadia HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTower Behavioral Health is operated as a subsidiary of Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. Acadia Healthcare operates behavioral health facilities across the United States and provides centralized compliance, ethics, and corporate governance support. Tower Behavioral Health adheres to Acadia's Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Acadia Healthcare: Tower's publicly traded parent company (NASDAQ: ACHC) and the largest pure-play behavioral health operator in the U.S. Operates a national network of inpatient psychiatric facilities, residential treatment centers, and specialty programs — directly comparable as Tower's parent and the strategic architect of its service model.
• Universal Health Services: One of the largest U.S. for-profit hospital operators with a sizable behavioral health hospital division providing acute psychiatric and residential services nationwide. Comparable as a multi-site competitor in the same inpatient psychiatric category at greater scale.
• HCA Healthcare Behavioral Health: Largest U.S. for-profit hospital operator with behavioral health service lines across its national footprint. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating psychiatric inpatient programs at meaningfully greater scale.
• UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital: Flagship academic psychiatric hospital within UPMC Health System providing adult and adolescent inpatient, PHP, and specialty behavioral health services across Western and Central Pennsylvania. Comparable in continuum-of-care depth and proximity to Tower's Reading market, but with substantially larger scale and academic-research resources.

Direct peers

• Eating Recovery Center: National specialty provider focused on the treatment of eating disorders and co-occurring conditions across inpatient, residential, PHP, and IOP levels of care. Most directly comparable to Tower's Resiliency Eating Disorder Program for ages 14+.
• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: Large nonprofit provider of behavioral health services with significant adolescent and residential programming. Comparable to Tower's adolescent inpatient unit (14-17) and continuum-of-care model for younger populations.
• Sheppard Pratt: One of the largest private, nonprofit behavioral health systems in the Mid-Atlantic, operating inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential, and specialty programs for adults and adolescents. Directly comparable in service mix (inpatient, PHP, ECT) and geographic adjacency to Tower's Reading, PA catchment area.
• Rogers Behavioral Health: National specialty provider of residential and inpatient psychiatric care with particular strength in eating disorders, OCD, and anxiety — closely aligned with Tower's Resiliency Eating Disorder Program and adolescent specialty offerings.

Regional players

• Penn Medicine Behavioral Health: Academic medical center providing inpatient psychiatry and specialty behavioral health programs in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Comparable as a regional, academic-adjacent competitor serving the same broader PA patient pool as Tower.
• Geisinger Behavioral Health: Integrated health system's behavioral health service line providing inpatient psychiatry, outpatient, and crisis services across Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania. Comparable as a regional payer-aligned provider (Geisinger is also a contracted Tower payer) competing for the same patient population in adjacent PA markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/towerbh
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/towerbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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