How Clear Bed Recovery makes money— and why nobody can buy their way up
Most addiction-treatment websites quietly sell their rankings. The facility that pays the most shows up first, and you have no way to know. Clear Bed Recovery is built to be the opposite — and we think you deserve to see exactly how the money works.
The promise
- Every licensed facility is listed free, forever.Name, location, and contact info are never paywalled. A program doesn't have to pay us to be found by you.
- Our matching agent can't be bought. When you answer a few questions, the programs you see are matched on level of care, coverage, and region — never on who paid us.
- We're a connector, not a provider.We don't run treatment or give medical advice; we help you reach the programs that fit.
So how do we actually make money?
Treatment facilities can pay a flat monthly subscriptionto fully represent themselves — photos, programs, staff credentials, accepted insurance, and live bed availability. They're paying for a complete, verified profile and findability, the same way a business pays for a better page. That's it. The fee is the same whether one person or one thousand people view their listing.
What money can't buy here
- ❌ A higher ranking or position in your matches.
- ❌ Any change to how the matching agent works or who it recommends.
- ❌ Access to your information — your details are only ever shared with a program when you choose.
Paying unlocks a richer profile. It never moves a facility up, and it never moves another facility down.
Why a flat fee — and why that matters
Federal law (the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, or EKRA) makes it a crime to pay or be paid for patient referrals in addiction treatment. A lot of treatment lead-generation is structured right up against that line — charging per lead, per call, or per admission. Clear Bed Recovery is deliberately built so that nothing a facility pays is tied to referrals, admissions, or revenue. In plain terms, from our facility agreement:
“Fees are flat-rate compensation for profile services and are not contingent on, or calculated by reference to, referrals, admissions, or revenue.”
That structure is the reason you can trust what you find here — and it's the whole point.
For treatment providers
If you run or do outreach for a program, here's the case in one place — forward it to whoever signs off on the budget.
The visibility math
You can't buy a better ranking — and neither can your competitor. What a subscription buys is the ability to fully tell your story: photos, programs, credentials, insurance detail, and live availability, in the one local place families and referral sources trust precisely because nobody can buy placement. A complete, verified profile is a flat monthly fee, the same no matter how many people see it.
Zero EKRA exposure
Because the fee is flat and decoupled from referrals, admissions, and revenue, working with Clear Bed Recovery adds no kickback exposureto your facility — which can't be said for much of the lead-generation in this industry. Show the agreement language above to your counsel.
Clear Bed Recoveryis a directory, not a treatment provider, and this page is not medical or legal advice. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or the Georgia Crisis & Access Line at 1-800-715-4225.