
Chico Coverage
Full telehealth coverage for Chico, Butte County and surrounding North State communities. Population: 110,000+
Now Licensed in California
Dr. Ben Soffer is now licensed in California. We're completing the final steps to open — join the waitlist for first access.
Fast Chico Delivery
Medication ships discreetly to North State addresses with typical delivery times of 2-3 business days throughout Shasta, Butte, Tehama, Humboldt, Lassen, and the surrounding far-northern counties.
Ketamine therapy is most effective for patients whose depression, anxiety, PTSD, or chronic pain hasn't responded to conventional treatments.
Physician consultations from $250/month. Chico residents pay the same as anywhere else in California. Medication billed separately by our partner pharmacy.
Medication cost (Chico): Ketamine 200 mg sublingual tablets — ~$5/tablet (10 minimum), billed separately by our partner pharmacy. Shipping to Chico: $20 UPS Ground or $35–45 FedEx Next Day.
Chico anchors the northern Sacramento Valley as the largest city in the region, home to Chico State and a community still carrying the long aftermath of the nearby Camp Fire that displaced thousands of Butte County residents. Mental health specialists in the far north are sparse and often booked weeks out, leaving many residents to drive hours toward Sacramento for specialty care. At-home ketamine therapy removes that travel burden, letting Chico residents begin treatment from their own homes through telehealth.
California's North State covers the vast, mostly rural top of the state, anchored by Redding in Shasta County and Chico in Butte County and stretching across Tehama, Humboldt, Lassen, Siskiyou, Trinity, and the surrounding counties up to the Oregon border. It is a region of dramatic distances, from the Sacramento Valley's orchards and ranchland to Mount Shasta, the Trinity Alps, and the redwood coast around Eureka and Arcata. Our at-home ketamine therapy program brings licensed physician care to North State residents through telehealth, with medication delivered straight to your door rather than at the end of a long drive south.
Much of the North State is federally recognized as a mental health professional shortage area, with specialists clustered in Redding and Chico and very few options across the more remote reaches of Lassen, Trinity, Modoc, and the Humboldt coast. Wildfire seasons have added lasting strain, from the Camp Fire that devastated Paradise and displaced thousands of Butte County residents to repeated fire and evacuation cycles across Shasta and Tehama counties. For many people here, the nearest psychiatrist is a multi-hour drive toward Sacramento, Reno, or the Bay Area, which leaves treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and PTSD undertreated.
In a region this large and rugged, geography is often the biggest barrier to care, whether that means winter passes around Susanville, winding Highway 299 and 101 along the redwood coast, or a long run down Interstate 5. At-home ketamine therapy removes the drive entirely. You meet your physician by secure video from your own home in Redding, Chico, Eureka, Red Bluff, or anywhere across the far north, treat in a private and familiar space, and handle follow-ups remotely, so distance and weather no longer stand between you and treatment.