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Walk-In Urgent Care for Short Hills, NJ Residents

Sage Urgent Care is 6 miles from Short Hills — about 12 to 14 minutes via Route 24 or local roads. We're a closer walk-in option for many Short Hills families than driving to Overlook or Saint Barnabas. Open 8 AM to 8 PM, seven days a week, no appointment.

Getting to Sage from Short Hills

From Short Hills, the most direct route is Route 24 West to the Springfield Avenue exit. Continue west on Springfield Avenue through Summit and into Berkeley Heights. Sage is at 369 Springfield Avenue on your right with free on-site parking. From the Hartshorn/Old Short Hills area, you can also use local roads through Summit — Hobart Avenue to Springfield Avenue. Most trips are 12 to 14 minutes outside of rush hour.

When Short Hills residents come to Sage

Most of our Short Hills patients walk in for one of these reasons:

• Walk-in care closer than the Mall area medical facilities — same-day, no appointment, often shorter wait
• Sports physicals ($50) for Millburn High Millers student athletes and Short Hills middle school students
• Sports injuries from MHS games, club leagues, and youth athletics — with on-site X-ray
• Pediatric urgent care when local pediatricians are closed
• Flu, strep, COVID, RSV testing with rapid results
• UTI, sinus, and ear infections
• Stitches and minor burns
• DOT physicals

Short Hills neighborhoods and landmarks we serve

Sage serves Short Hills residents from across the section — Old Short Hills neighborhoods, families along Hobart Avenue and Hartshorn Drive, residents near the Short Hills Mall (which sits between Short Hills and Millburn), and homes near the South Mountain Reservation. Many Short Hills families value continuity with a smaller, independently-owned clinic where they see the same providers, rather than rotating through larger hospital-affiliated urgent care chains.

Schools and student athletes from Short Hills

Short Hills students attend Millburn High School (the Millers), Millburn Middle School, and one of several elementary schools — Glenwood, Hartshorn, Deerfield, South Mountain, and Wyoming. We see student athletes from all of these for NJSIAA sports physicals ($50, same-visit form completion) and in-season sports injuries. We also see students from Pingry, Newark Academy, Far Brook School, and other area private schools.

Insurance for Short Hills residents

Sage Urgent Care accepts most major insurance plans used by Short Hills residents — Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield Horizon NJ, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and many others. Self-pay rates are available for uninsured patients: most visits run $150–$200, sports physicals are $50, DOT physicals are $90–$120. See our full accepted insurance list.

Why Short Hills residents come to Sage

Short Hills — the western residential section of Millburn Township — has no urgent care clinic within walking or easy driving distance. There is no hospital within the township itself; the nearest emergency departments are Overlook Medical Center in Summit and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (formerly Saint Barnabas) in Livingston — both ER settings, not walk-in clinics. For non-emergency care, Sage at 6 miles is the practical option for Short Hills families who need same-day care without an ER setting.

Insurance coverage in Short Hills: Short Hills residents predominantly hold employer-sponsored PPO plans — Aetna and Cigna are the most common we see from this zip code, both reflecting employment at major corporations in New York and New Jersey. Both are in-network at Sage. Out-of-pocket for a typical urgent care visit runs $40–$60 with most PPO plans.

Millburn High School Millers students: Short Hills families send their children to Millburn HS. We see Millburn Millers student athletes for NJSIAA sports physicals ($50, same-visit form completion) and for sports injuries during fall and spring seasons. Having the physical completed and the form in hand the same day matters when tryouts are imminent.

Schedule-sensitive professional families: Short Hills households frequently include professionals who commute to Manhattan. Our 8 AM to 8 PM hours — every day of the week — accommodate urgent care visits before or after the commute. True walk-in availability means no 3-day wait for a primary care slot when a child has a fever and ear pain on a Tuesday evening.

What brings Short Hills patients specifically to Sage rather than an ER: Strep testing, flu and RSV testing with same-visit antivirals, ankle and wrist injuries with on-site X-ray, and DOT physicals for Short Hills residents who drive commercially. These are services designed for 30–45 minute visits, not hospital-level settings.

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Medically reviewed by Jacob Silberstein, MD. Last updated 2026.

This article is for general information only. If you're experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.