Summit Health

What Summit Health does

Summit Health is a multispecialty healthcare provider operating more than 120 office locations across New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, serving individual patients through an integrated network of primary care and specialty services. Founded in 1929 and headquartered in New Providence, NJ, the company's clinical portfolio spans internal medicine, orthopedics and sports medicine, gastroenterology, obstetrics and gynecology, ear/nose/throat, radiology, urgent care, and urology. Patient access is delivered through multiple channels including scheduled appointments, walk-in urgent care centers, and a digital patient portal paired with the athenaPatient mobile application, both built on athenahealth's third-party EHR infrastructure.

The company's revenue model is anchored in fee-for-service healthcare delivery billed through accepted insurance plans and direct patient payments, with pricing structured around insurance verification and good-faith estimates rather than public list pricing. Summit Health pursues a regional consolidation strategy, evidenced by the December 2021 acquisition of New Jersey Urology and the January 2022 acquisition of Urology Management Associates, which expanded urology specialty capacity in the tri-state area. The organization's compliance documentation references "VillageMD," indicating it operates within the VillageMD/CityMD/Walgreens primary-care platform ecosystem.

Operationally, the company markets through a mix of corporate website, social channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn), educational webinars, and community events. It has accumulated multiple recognitions in 2025-2026, including Castle Connolly's #1 Physician Practice in New Jersey, #3 in New York, U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers, New Jersey Monthly 2025 Jersey Choice Top Doctors, American Heart Association Target BP Gold+, NAPBC Breast Center Accreditation, and Nationally Accredited Urgent Care of Excellence. The leadership team includes a founder figure (Chris Cunningham) and specialty directors such as the Director of Dermatopathology and Digital Pathology (Rajendra Singh); broader leadership disclosure is limited.

Name

Summit Health

Legal name

Summit Health

Website

https://summithealthmanagement.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1929

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Summit Health is a multispecialty healthcare provider operating 120+ office locations across New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, delivering primary care and specialty services to individual patients through integrated clinical delivery and digital patient engagement tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multispecialty Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

Keywords

• Multispecialty healthcare services
• Primary care services
• Specialty medical care
• Urgent care services
• Ambulatory healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

New Providence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Summit Health generates revenue through providing direct healthcare services across primary care and multiple specialties including orthopedics, gastroenterology, women's health, ENT, radiology, and urgent care. Services are delivered through 120+ office locations with billing through insurance plans and direct patient payments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Summit Health is a multispecialty healthcare provider operating across New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut with 120+ office locations. The company delivers primary care, specialty care (including orthopedics, gastroenterology, women's health, ENT, and radiology), and urgent care services directly to individual patients. Founded in 1929, Summit Health operates as a private, for-profit ambulatory healthcare organization that also offers a patient portal and athenaPatient mobile app for digital access to care.

Product overview

Summit Health is a unified multispecialty healthcare platform offering primary care and specialty services across a network of 120+ locations in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. The platform combines core clinical services (primary care, orthopedics and sports medicine, gastroenterology, women's health, ENT, radiology, and urgent care) with patient-facing digital tools including the Patient Portal and athenaPatient mobile app. The platform enables access to care through both in-person office visits and digital engagement channels, with recent expansion including the acquisition of New Jersey Urology (December 2021) and a new Livingston Hub opening in 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Care Frontline general medical care for adult and family patients across Summit Health's 120+ office locations in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, serving as the entry point for ongoing patient care.
• Orthopedics Specialty musculoskeletal care including diagnosis and treatment of bone, joint, and sports-related conditions, offered to patients across the tri-state network.
• Gastroenterology Specialty digestive system care, including diagnosis and treatment of GI conditions, delivered by gastroenterology specialists at Summit Health locations.
• Women's Health Specialty obstetric, gynecologic, and women's wellness services for female patients across the Summit Health network.
• ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) Specialty otolaryngology care for ear, nose, throat, and related head and neck conditions.
• Radiology Diagnostic imaging services supporting Summit Health's primary and specialty care practices across the tri-state footprint.
• Urgent Care Walk-in immediate care for non-emergency illness and injury, providing an alternative to emergency department visits for patients in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
• Urology

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• New Jersey Urology (NJU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2021New Jersey Urology was acquired by Summit Health in a deal completed in December 2021. The acquisition expanded Summit Health's clinical network in New Jersey and related states, integrating NJU's providers into the larger healthcare system.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• VillageMD: Parent platform of Summit Health and a leading national value-based primary care group. Directly comparable given shared multispecialty, integrated-care thesis and overlapping Northeast footprint.
• NewYork-Presbyterian: Major academic health system serving the New York metro area. Comparable as a large incumbent with extensive primary care, specialty, and ambulatory surgery presence overlapping Summit Health's Manhattan, Westchester, and Brooklyn locations.

Direct peers

• One Medical (Amazon One Medical): Membership-based primary care platform with growing specialty and virtual care services. Comparable as a consumer-facing, technology-enabled multispecialty provider competing for the same urban and suburban Northeast patients.
• Privia Health: Physician practice management and medical group enablement company serving multispecialty practices. Comparable business model of supporting affiliated providers under a coordinated platform with shared technology and value-based contracts.
• Atrius Health: Multispecialty medical group serving Massachusetts. Comparable as a non-hospital-affiliated, multispecialty physician practice operating under value-based contracts with an integrated specialty and primary care model.

Emerging players

• Oak Street Health (CVS Health): Value-based primary care group focused on Medicare seniors. Comparable in its integrated, risk-bearing primary care model and emphasis on coordinated specialty referrals, though with a narrower demographic focus.
• ChenMed: Family-owned value-based primary care group serving seniors across multiple states. Comparable for its full-risk, integrated primary care plus specialty coordination model, though operating in different geographies.
• Cano Health: Value-based care platform serving seniors with primary care and specialty services. Comparable for its risk-bearing, integrated primary plus specialty model and emphasis on coordinated ambulatory care, though currently operating in different geographies.

Regional players

• Northwell Health: Large New York-based integrated health system. Comparable as a regional multispecialty competitor in Summit Health's core New York metro and Long Island markets, with overlapping ambulatory and specialty services.
• Hackensack Meridian Health: New Jersey's largest health system with a broad ambulatory and specialty network. Comparable as a direct regional competitor in Summit Health's home New Jersey market with overlapping primary and specialty offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCenqWljVJmwI9N_YECap8xQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/summithealthhq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/summithealth
• Instagraminstagram.com/summithealthhq

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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