Psychiatrist in Montana | Frontier Psychiatry

You're Covered

Does insurance cover the treatment?

Montana Medicaid covers mental health care, including psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and therapy, and it covers those services delivered by video. We are enrolled as a Montana Medicaid provider and we accept it for all of them. Coverage for specific services can vary, and we confirm what applies to you when we check your coverage.

Medicare, Tricare, and Commercial Plans

We accept Medicare and most commercial insurance. Plans we are in network with:

Blue Cross BlueShield of Montana — the largest commercial insurer in the state, and we are in network.

If You Are Paying Yourself

Some people donot have insurance. Some have it and would rather not use it for mental healthcare, which is a reasonable thing to want. Either way, here is what it costs:

[SELF-PAY PRICING]

Our Approach

What We Offer

Psychiatric evaluation

Your first visit is a full evaluation. We go through your history, what you are dealing with now, what you have tried before, and what you want to be different. It usually takes [EVALUATION LENGTH].

Medication management

If medication makes sense, we talk through the options together and send the prescription to your pharmacy electronically. We follow up regularly to see how it is working and adjust when it is not.

Therapy

Many people want to talk to someone, not justadjust a prescription. We offer therapy alongside psychiatric care, so the twowork together instead of in separate places that never speak to each other.

Child and adolescent psychiatry

We see kids and teens, not just adults. This is genuinely hard to find in Montana.

Care coordination

We share information with your primary care provider when you want us to, so your care is not split across people who do not talk.

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Locations

We See Patients Everywhere in Montana

Our providersare licensed statewide, so where you live does not decide whether you can beseen.

Billings
Bozeman
Missoula
Great Falls
Helena
Kalispell
Butte

We see patientsacross all 56 Montana counties. That includes Billings and Yellowstone County, Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley, Missoula and the Bitterroot, Great Falls andthe Hi-Line, Kalispell and the Flathead, Helena, and Butte and southwest Montana.

It also includes the places that rarely appear on a provider list: Glendive, Sidney, Wolf Point, Glasgow, Miles City, Havre, Cut Bank, Libby, Ekalaka, Jordan, andthe towns in between. We see patients on the Flathead, Blackfeet, Rocky Boy’s, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, Crow, and Northern Cheyenne reservations, and familiesconnected to Malmstrom Air Force Base.

If your town isnot on this list, that is only because the list would run for pages. Statewide means statewide.

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Our Approach

Do I Need a Psychiatrist or a Therapist?

Short answer:if you think medication might be part of the picture, start with a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, or physician assistant. If you mainly want to talk something through, start with a therapist. If you are not sure, start anywhere and we will help you sort it out.

A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in mental health. Psychiatrists diagnoseconditions and prescribe medication.

A psychiatricnurse practitioner also evaluates, diagnoses, and prescribes medication.

A physicianassistant working in psychiatry evaluates, diagnoses, and prescribes medication as part of the care team. Some hold a Certificate of Added Qualification in Psychiatry, which is specialty certification beyond the PA license.

A therapistor counselor provides talk therapy. Therapists do not prescribe medicationin Montana.

A psychologist has a doctorate in psychology. Psychologists provide therapy and psychological testing, and in Montana they do not prescribe.

Plenty ofpeople work with both a prescriber and a therapist at the same time. That is often the most effective combination, and we offer both, so you are not managing two practices that never talk to each other.

FAQ

Common questions about psychiatry for adults.

Medicallyreviewed by Eric Arzubi, MD, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and AssistantClinical Professor at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Arzubi is CEO andco-founder of Frontier Psychiatry. Last reviewed: August 2026.

Psychiatric Care for Every County in Montana

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Does insurance cover the treatment?

Medicare, Tricare, and Commercial Plans

If You Are Paying Yourself

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