How to Compare Licensed Psilocybin Healing Centers in Colorado

What does a Colorado healing center license mean, and how do I read the state registry?

A healing center license means the Colorado Department of Revenue has approved a specific premises, its owners, and its security and inventory controls to hold psilocybin administration sessions. It does not grade the care.

Two agencies are involved, and a legal session needs both. The Department of Revenue’s Natural Medicine Division (DOR) licenses the businesses under 1 CCR 213-1: healing centers, cultivations, product manufacturers and testing facilities. The Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), through its Office of Natural Medicine Licensure, licenses the people who hold the sessions under 4 CCR 755-1: facilitators and clinical facilitators. An adult 21 or over may receive psilocybin services from a licensed facilitator at a licensed healing center, or at a location the rules authorize.

Reading a healing center entry. The Division’s Licensee Look-up Tool is at codor.mylicense.com/NMD_Verification. Choose the facility search, set “License Type” to NM Healing Center and “License Status” to Approved, and search by city, license number, facility name, DBA name or an owner’s name. Each result shows the licensee’s legal name, license number, license type, status, and the city, state and ZIP code of the licensed premises; the detail page adds the expiration date. The name on the license is the legal entity, often different from the brand on the website, so use the DBA field. Healing center numbers begin with NMHC. The lookup lists standard and micro-healing centers under one type, so ask the center which tier it holds.

Reading a facilitator entry. DORA’s license lookup is at apps.colorado.gov/dora/licensing. Natural medicine licenses carry a prefix: NMF for a facilitator, NMCF for a clinical facilitator, who also holds a Colorado clinical license, and NMIT for a facilitator in training. A record shows the person’s name, license type and number, status, first issue and expiration dates, and any public disciplinary action. On October 10, 2026, the state’s license data listed 90 active facilitator licenses and 98 active clinical facilitator licenses.

The Division also publishes a healing center directory that centers fill in themselves; it is handy for websites and phone numbers, and the license record is the lookup tool.

What are the license types, and what does each one allow?

Colorado issues four main business license types for regulated psilocybin (healing center, cultivation, product manufacturer and testing facility), the healing center license has a standard tier and a micro tier, and a retreat held away from a center’s premises will need a temporary premises permit tied to that center’s license once the Division finishes the rules for it.

Healing center. The licensed premises where facilitators hold administration sessions. A standard healing center may store regulated natural medicine on site with no upper limit, under the standard security requirements in Rule 8025 of 1 CCR 213-1, and may employ any number of facilitators. It may obtain medicine only from a licensed cultivation, a licensed product manufacturer or another healing center, and may not re-package it (Rule 8005). The Division counted 11 standard healing center licenses on October 9, 2026.

Micro-healing center. The same license, in a tier that stores no more than 750 milligrams of total psilocin on site, which the Division describes as about 10 grams of dried mushrooms, under reduced security requirements, for a limited number of sessions each week or year. A therapy office can hold one if zoning allows and it is at least 1,000 feet from a school or licensed childcare facility; the Division will not license a private residence. The facilitator rules, the screening and the cost disclosure are the same at either tier. The Division counted 35 micro-healing center licenses on October 9, 2026.

Cultivation, product manufacturer and testing facility. A cultivation grows the mushrooms, a product manufacturer makes capsules, tea and similar products, and a testing facility tests the medicine before it reaches a center. On October 9, 2026, Colorado had 15 cultivations, 8 product manufacturers and 1 testing facility. A limited sales license created in 2026 lets a healing center partner with a separately licensed business to handle the transaction before a session; it appears on the lookup as NM Limited Sales.

Where a session may happen, and the temporary premises permit. Almost every regulated session happens at a healing center. The facilitator rules also authorize a short list of other locations for individual participants who qualify, such as a participant’s own home in palliative, hospice or homebound care, or a licensed health facility (4 CCR 755-1 Rule 6.18, as published). A rented house, an unlicensed office or a campsite is not on that list. HB26-1325, signed June 4, 2026 and effective August 12, 2026, authorized the state to write rules so that a healing center licensee can obtain a temporary premises permit to provide natural medicine services at a location other than its licensed premises on a temporary basis. The Division held a stakeholder meeting on the permit on October 14, 2026, and its final rulemaking hearing on November 4, 2026; its rulemaking page will show when the permit rules take effect. Until a permit is issued, a retreat’s psilocybin session belongs at a licensed healing center. For any retreat, ask which healing center license it runs under, whether a permit has been issued for the property, and where the session will physically happen. Our page on group psilocybin therapy in Denver explains how we hold ours.

Where are Colorado’s licensed healing centers?

On October 10, 2026, the state lookup listed 46 approved healing center licenses in 21 Colorado cities, and 19 of them were in Denver or Boulder. The counts below come from a search of the Licensee Look-up Tool for the type NM Healing Center and the status Approved on that date; the Division’s own tally a day earlier put the total at 11 standard and 35 micro-healing centers.

The city is where the licensed premises sits, so a center that markets itself to Denver may be licensed in a suburb. The lookup does not say which entries are standard and which are micro, so ask. And the list changes as licenses are approved, renewed, surrendered or expire, so run the search again on the day you compare.

What should I compare, side by side?

Compare six things in writing before you compare anything else: the license, who is in the room, screening, the formats offered, what integration is included, and how the price is built. The table names no center, including us. It tells you what to look for and how to check it.

If a term in the table is new to you, our education library explains the legal framework and the research in plain language, and our page on whether psilocybin therapy is safe shows what a full screening looks like step by step. For a Denver-specific version of this comparison, see how to choose a psilocybin therapy provider in Denver.

What questions should I ask before I book?

Ask every center the same questions in the same order and write the answers down, because the differences live in the details and seldom in the brochures. We keep the list we would ask any provider, including us, on our guide to therapist-led versus facilitator-led psilocybin therapy.

How is pricing structured, and what should “all sessions and medicine included” mean?

It should mean one written price that covers every preparation session, the psilocybin session, the medicine and every included integration session, with no separate charge for the medicine and nothing to pay on the day.

Colorado’s rules shape how a center may price. A facilitator must tell you all fees and costs before any billable service (4 CCR 755-1 Rule 6.5(G)). Before services begin you sign a cost disclosure listing the fee for each preparation session, the fee for each administration and integration session including the cost of the medicine, any additional fees, rescheduling and cancellation fees, and the refund policy (Rule 6.15(C)(1)(b)). The first integration session cannot carry a separate fee (Rule 6.19(A)). And on May 1, 2026, the Natural Medicine Division published a bulletin stating that the law prohibits the sale of regulated natural medicine to participants, that the Division considers a separate transaction for the medicine not permitted, and that the fee for services includes the cost of the medicine, which may appear as a line item on the invoice. If a center routes any part of the payment through a second company, that company should hold an NM Limited Sales license on the lookup.

When you compare prices, compare hours first, then what the number covers. A lower price usually means a shorter program: one preparation session instead of two, a single integration session, sometimes a shorter day. That is a fair thing to offer and a fair thing to price lower, and you want to know which one you are paying for.

Our own figures are on our page on how much psilocybin therapy costs in Denver. A private protocol is 12 to 14 hours with the same licensed therapist, billed in full before the journey. Travel to Colorado is never included, and insurance does not cover any of it.

Common questions

How do I verify a healing center’s license in Colorado?

Open the Natural Medicine Division’s Licensee Look-up Tool, choose the facility search, set the license type to NM Healing Center and the status to Approved, and search by name, city or license number. The entry shows the name, license number, type, status and city, and the detail page adds the expiration date. Then check the person who will sit with you on the DORA license lookup.

What is the difference between a healing center and a retreat?

A healing center is a licensed premises, and a retreat is a format, usually several days with lodging. The psilocybin session itself must happen at a licensed healing center or a location the rules authorize, and a 2026 law created a temporary premises permit tied to a healing center license for sessions held elsewhere; the Division held its final rulemaking hearing on November 4, 2026. Ask which license covers the session and where it will physically happen.

Do all Colorado healing centers have medical screening?

Every licensed facilitator must complete a safety screening for every participant, and when risk factors appear must obtain a referral, written clearance from your own provider, or a consultation and risk review with a licensed provider before going ahead (4 CCR 755-1 Rule 6.16). What differs between centers is who does the screening, how deep it goes, whether a clinician is part of it, and whether the center will tell you no.

What is a micro-healing center?

A tier of the healing center license that stores no more than 750 milligrams of total psilocin on site, about 10 grams of dried mushrooms by the Division’s description, under reduced security requirements. The facilitator rules, the screening and the cost disclosure are the same at either tier. The lookup lists both tiers as NM Healing Center, so ask which one a center holds.

Does a license mean the state has checked the quality of care?

No. A business license means the Division approved the premises, its owners, its security and its inventory tracking, and a facilitator license means the person completed the state’s training, practicum and consultation requirements. Neither grades how a session is held, so compare who is in the room, how you are screened, what integration is included and what the written price covers.

Are healing center sessions covered by insurance?

No. Health insurance does not cover psilocybin services in Colorado, and health savings accounts usually cannot be used because psilocybin remains illegal under federal law. Every center bills its clients directly, so ask for the full price in writing and the refund terms before you commit.

What should the written cost disclosure include?

A cost disclosure, signed by you, that lists the fee for each preparation session, the fee for each administration and integration session including the cost of the medicine, any additional fees, rescheduling and cancellation fees, and the refund policy (4 CCR 755-1 Rule 6.15(C)). The first integration session cannot carry a separate fee (Rule 6.19(A)). If a center cannot put this in writing, ask why.

If you are still comparing and would rather read than talk, our free guide walks through screening, preparation, the session day and integration at your own pace.

Sources

Every claim on this page about licensing comes from the state’s own statutes, rules, lookup tools and bulletins. We link them so you can read them yourself.

• Natural Medicine Health Act: Proposition 122 (November 2022) and SB23-290 (2023). The Natural Medicine Code is at sections 44-50-101 and following of the Colorado Revised Statutes, and the facilitator provisions at sections 12-170-101 and following.
• Colorado Department of Revenue, Natural Medicine Division, Regulated Natural Medicine Rules, 1 CCR 213-1, current version effective July 1, 2026, linked from the Division’s home page with the approved license counts as of October 9, 2026. Rule text as published by Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute: Rule 3505, Licensee Marketing and Rule 8005, License Privileges.
• Natural Medicine Division Licensee Look-up Tool, searched October 10, 2026; Frequently Asked Questions (license types, micro-healing center limits, locations); Accessing Regulated Natural Medicine (healing center directory and the DORA facilitator lookup).
• HB26-1325, signed June 4, 2026, effective August 12, 2026, as summarized in the Division’s 2026 Legislation Summary (July 6, 2026), and the Division’s rulemaking page with the October 14, 2026 stakeholder meeting on the temporary premises permit and the November 4, 2026 final hearing.
• Natural Medicine Division, Industry Bulletin: Regulated Natural Medicine Sales Prohibited, May 1, 2026.
• Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Office of Natural Medicine Licensure, Rules and Regulations, 4 CCR 755-1. Rule text as published by Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute: Section 7, Advertising and Rule 6, Standards of Practice (6.5, 6.15, 6.16, 6.17, 6.18, 6.19).
• DORA license lookup; license type prefixes from DORA’s licensee roster download page; active license counts from the Colorado Information Marketplace dataset Professional and Occupational Licenses in Colorado, read October 10, 2026.
• Numia Healing Center license: NMHC-00022, a standard healing center license as listed in the Natural Medicine Division’s Healing Center Directory, read November 11, 2026.