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Choosing an urgent care from Chatham: hours, prices and X-ray
Chatham doesn’t have a walk-in urgent care of its own, so families end up choosing between clinics in neighboring towns. Sage Urgent Care is about 11 minutes away at 369 Springfield Avenue in Berkeley Heights — open 8 AM to 8 PM every day, with X-ray and a lab on site. Here’s how to compare your options.
What to compare before you drive
Whichever direction you head from Chatham, the drive is similar. What changes is what happens when you get there.
| What matters | At Sage Urgent Care |
|---|---|
| Evening and weekend hours | Open until 8 PM every day, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Some area clinics close at 6 PM on weekends. |
| Self-pay prices you can see in advance | $150 for a typical visit (X-ray and tests add to the total), $75 for a sports or school physical, $50 for a flu shot. |
| Who is responsible for your care | Owned and run by two board-certified emergency medicine physicians who practice here. Independent — not part of a franchise or a hospital system. |
| Imaging and testing | On-site digital X-ray, an on-site lab, EKG, and rapid strep, flu, COVID and RSV testing. |
| Children | Kids 3 months and older, seen without an appointment. |
| Waiting | Usually little or no wait; most visits take 30 minutes or less. Reserve a spot online if you prefer. |
| Parking | A free on-site lot, steps from the door. |
The route from Chatham
From Chatham Borough, the fastest route is usually Fairmount Avenue to Springfield Avenue, then southwest into Berkeley Heights — about 5 miles. River Road through Summit and New Providence is a comparable alternative, especially from the Chatham Township side. Free parking is waiting when you arrive. More local detail is on our Chatham page.
What Chatham families come in for
- Sick kids after school or on weekends — fevers, sore throats, ear pain and coughs, with rapid testing in the same visit.
- Sports and school forms for Chatham High School and Chatham Middle School athletes, completed for $75 while you wait.
- Injuries from fields, trails and driveways — sprains, suspected fractures and cuts that need stitches, with X-ray on site.
- Commuter-hour care — open until 8 PM, so you can come after the train home.
- Flu shots and Tdap without an appointment.
Questions Chatham residents ask
Chatham doesn’t have a walk-in urgent care of its own. Sage Urgent Care in Berkeley Heights is about 11 minutes away via Fairmount Avenue and Springfield Avenue, open 8 AM to 8 PM every day.
Sage is open until 8 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, and on holidays too. Some area clinics close at 6 PM on weekends.
Yes. Sage has digital X-ray on site, so suspected fractures are imaged and treated in the same visit, with no separate trip to an imaging center.
At Sage, a typical visit is $150, with X-ray and tests added to that total. Sports and school physicals are $75 and flu shots are $50.
No. Walk in any day from 8 AM to 8 PM, or reserve a spot online and arrive when it’s your turn.
Walk in today, 8 AM to 8 PM.
No appointment needed. Most visits take 30 minutes or less from check-in to walk-out.