Montclair, New Jersey healthcare
Montclair has nearby care and a wider Essex County and Newark map
The local healthcare summary lists 15 hospitals within 12 kilometers, seven pharmacies, 39 selected CMS specialists, and 15 Medicare emergency hospitals within 30 miles. HackensackUMC Mountainside is listed in Montclair about one mile away with 347 general acute care beds. Essex County Hospital Center, Clara Maass Medical Center, St Mary's General Hospital, University Hospital in Newark, and East Orange VA Medical Center appear in nearby regional locations.
The healthcare access cards organize a provider search, not a promise about appointments, quality, capacity, wait times, coverage, or outcomes. Keep each named facility tied to its municipality and county, then confirm clinician fit, network, prescriptions, referrals, records, parking, accessibility, and travel from the selected home.
Access to care
15 hospitals are listed within 12 km. A primary care visit, a pharmacy stop, and an urgent need may not all be equally close to the same home.
15
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Excellent
- Hospital Access
- Excellent
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 117
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 3.5 mi
Everyday and urgent care
Primary care and pharmacy access shape frequent appointments. Specialist and emergency options matter when a need cannot wait.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Excellent
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 7
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 39
- Emergency Care
- Excellent
Specialists and long term care
Specialist availability, emergency options, and longer term health can matter once you have chosen a neighborhood.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 5
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 4
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 3
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 3
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 1
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.2%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 76
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 3.3 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 3.3 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 4331
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 37
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 138
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 0.7 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 2
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 1
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 1
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 26.7%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 5
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Very Good
3 of 5 stars · 3.3 mi away
Family of Caring Healthcare at Montclair (315435) · 0.7 mi away
Montclair in everyday life
Could Montclair work for you?
What may work well
- Fifteen mapped hospitals, seven pharmacies, 39 selected CMS specialists, and a nearby Montclair hospital create a broad starting list.
- The local map keeps Mountainside, Essex County, Newark, East Orange, and other jurisdictions visible for deliberate provider research.
- The healthcare route's care categories can support planning for primary care, emergency needs, prescriptions, later life services, and family support.
What to think about
- A regional facility count does not answer clinician fit, insurance network, appointment timing, prescriptions, capacity, or outcomes.
- The Recommended car label makes parking, crossings, winter travel, slope, heat, and the exact home to care route important.
- Care outside Montclair can add jurisdiction, coverage, route, support, and emergency return questions.
Plan Montclair healthcare around the home, facility, coverage, and route
Map the named facilities
Place Mountainside Medical Center, Essex County Hospital Center, Clara Maass Medical Center, St Mary's General Hospital, University Hospital in Newark, East Orange VA Medical Center, the preferred primary care site, and a pharmacy on one map.
Call beyond the directory count
Confirm clinician fit, new patient status, insurance network, jurisdiction, referrals, records, prescriptions, language, accessibility, parking, and how follow up care is handled.
Review later life support
Ask about nursing, home health, hospice, dialysis, rehabilitation, behavioral health, pharmacy, ambulance, family support, payment, jurisdiction, and travel from the selected address.
Use the decision actions
Save the strongest Montclair care plan, Compare another address, and choose Find my fit after provider, coverage, prescription, mobility, county, and emergency route questions are answered.
Questions retirees ask
Which hospital is closest to Montclair?
HackensackUMC Mountainside is listed in Montclair about one mile away with 347 general acute care beds. Essex County Hospital Center, Clara Maass Medical Center, St Mary's General Hospital, University Hospital in Newark, and East Orange VA Medical Center are nearby regional entries. Confirm the preferred facility and route from the home.
Does Montclair have primary care nearby?
The healthcare cards organize a primary care search, but they do not answer clinician fit, network, new patient status, referrals, records, prescriptions, accessibility, or actual travel. Confirm those details directly.
What emergency care is listed near Montclair?
The local summary lists 15 Medicare emergency hospitals within 30 miles and nearby hospital entries in Montclair, Essex County, Newark, and East Orange. Keep every facility tied to its jurisdiction and verify the preferred emergency route.
Does the hospital count guarantee easy appointments?
No. The count organizes research. Call the preferred facility or clinician about network, new patient status, records, prescriptions, referrals, accessibility, parking, jurisdiction, and the route from the selected home.
Why do county and Newark locations matter?
A nearby facility may sit in Montclair, another Essex County municipality, Newark, or East Orange. Location can affect route, coverage, parking, records, and support, so confirm the complete care path rather than relying on distance alone.
Montclair offers a substantial care starting point when Mountainside, Essex County, Newark, East Orange, and other facility locations are labeled precisely. Save the strongest care route, Compare another address, and choose Find my fit after clinician, coverage, prescriptions, later life support, weather, jurisdiction, and transportation questions are clear.
Sources
Hospitals, primary care, pharmacies, specialists, and emergency care all affect how close and practical care may feel.
Confirm insurance acceptance, specialist availability, language needs, prescription access, and emergency care before making serious plans.
- OpenStreetMap healthcare amenities static probe
Used for Healthcare Access, Primary Care Access
- FEMA RAPT / HIFLD Hospitals
Used for Hospital Access, Hospitals Within 12 km, Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Selected Specialists in City, Medicare-Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Neurology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
Checked 2026-07-13
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPPES NPI Registry
Used for Registered Retail Pharmacies
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; FEMA RAPT / HIFLD; U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Emergency Care, Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles, Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital, Nearest CMS-Rated Hospital
Checked 2026-07-12
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- Health Resources and Services Administration
Used for HRSA Adult Primary-Care Sites Within 15 Miles, Nearest HRSA Adult Primary-Care Site
Checked 2026-07-18
- World Bank
Used for Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024), Life Expectancy
Checked 2026-06-18
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles, Nearest CMS-Certified Nursing Home
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Long-Term Care Hospitals in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ With a Disability
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City, CMS-Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Walkability Index
Used for Walkability for Health
Checked 2026-07-10
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