What Summit Health does

Summit Health is a private, multi-specialty healthcare delivery platform operating 120+ office locations across New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, with a regional headquarters in Florham Park, NJ and approximately 10,000+ employees. It is wholly owned by VillageMD following the $8.9 billion acquisition of Summit Health-CityMD in January 2023, and operates alongside retained sub-brands including Westmed Medical Group (Westchester, NY and Connecticut) and Summit Health Urology (formerly NJ Urology). The platform serves individual patients seeking primary care, urgent care, and a broad range of specialty services — including orthopedics and sports medicine, gastroenterology, women's health and obstetrics, ENT, radiology, physical and hand therapy, sports neurology and concussion care, critical care medicine, and urology — across both scheduled and walk-in channels. It also operates a 55,000-square-foot healthcare hub in Livingston, NJ opening Winter 2026, ambulatory surgery centers with robotic-assisted joint replacement capabilities (Mako, Rosa, Velys, Intellijoint), and a Woodland Park, NJ laboratory that internalized Genomic Testing Cooperative's next-generation sequencing DNA/RNA profiling and Liquid Trace liquid biopsy assays for solid tumor and hematologic oncology diagnostics in May 2025.

The underlying technology stack centers on athenahealth's EMR and athenaPatient mobile/web portal for patient-facing scheduling, messaging, and bill payment, with a separate MyChart (Epic) instance retained for urology providers. Service-line architecture spans in-house urgent care with advanced on-site diagnostics (X-ray, ultrasound, CT, lab), integrated specialty referral pathways, and an emerging in-house genomic diagnostics capability. Distribution is overwhelmingly direct-to-consumer via the 120+ physical locations and the athenaPatient self-serve channel, supported by content marketing (health & wellness blog), social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn), email newsletters (By Your Side), and educational webinars on spine, hip, shoulder, and sports medicine topics.

Summit Health's business model is fee-for-service healthcare delivery across multiple specialties, with revenue collected from insurance reimbursements, patient co-pays, and direct self-pay for uncovered services. It operates as a horizontal segmentation of individual patient personas rather than enterprise accounts, and is credentialed with numerous regional and national insurance plans. The organization is differentiated by its dense Northeast regional footprint, its concentration of Castle Connolly Top Doctors (ranked #1 physician practice in New Jersey and #3 in New York in 2026, with 200+ Top Doctors), and additional accreditations including NUCCA urgent care excellence, NAPBC breast center accreditation, U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and AHA Target BP Gold+. Its strategic posture under VillageMD ownership is one of geographic and specialty-line consolidation through tuck-in acquisitions (NJ Urology, Westmed) and vertical integration of diagnostics (GTC NGS partnership).

Name

Summit Health

Legal name

Summit Health

Website

https://summithealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Summit Health is a private, multi-specialty healthcare delivery platform owned by VillageMD, operating 120+ clinical locations across New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. It serves individual patients with primary care, urgent care, and a broad range of specialties including orthopedics, gastroenterology, urology, and in-house genomic oncology testing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Jersey

HQ country

Trinidad & Tobago

HQ region

Latin America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Summit Health generates revenue through fee-for-service healthcare delivery across multiple specialties including primary care, urgent care, orthopedics, gastroenterology, and other medical specialties. Revenue is collected through insurance reimbursements, patient co-pays, and direct payments for services not covered by insurance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Summit Health is a multispecialty healthcare provider operating 120+ office locations across New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, delivering integrated primary care, urgent care, and specialty services including orthopedics, gastroenterology, women's health, ENT, radiology, and advanced diagnostics. The organization was acquired by VillageMD in January 2023 for $8.9 billion and operates under brands including Summit Health, Westmed Medical Group, and Summit Health Urology (formerly NJ Urology).

Product overview

Summit Health is a multi-specialty healthcare organization providing primary and specialty care across New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut through a network of over 120 office locations. The organization operates as a unified care platform with distinct service lines including urgent care, primary care, orthopedics and sports medicine (with a dedicated Total Joint Program featuring robotic-assisted surgery), gastroenterology, women's health, ENT, radiology, physical therapy, hand therapy, sports neurology and concussion management, and diagnostic services including internalized genomic NGS testing. Summit Health also encompasses acquired brands Westmed Medical Group and former NJ Urology (now Summit Health Urology). Patient-facing digital tools include an athenahealth-powered patient portal and mobile app (athenaPatient), with some urology providers using MyChart. The organization was acquired by VillageMD in January 2023 for $8.9 billion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Summit Health Urgent Care: Urgent care centers offering advanced diagnostics including X-ray, ultrasound, lab testing and CT with access to specialists
• Westmed Urgent Care
• Total Joint Program

Products and services

• Summit Health Urgent Care
• Primary Care (Internal Medicine)
• Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
• Total Joint Program
• Gastroenterology
• Women's Health / Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT)
• Radiology
• Critical Care Medicine
• Sprains and Strains Program
• Sports Neurology and Concussion Center
• Physical Therapy
• Hand Therapy
• Sports Medicine
• Genomic Testing / Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• Urology (Summit Health Urology, formerly NJ Urology)
• Westmed Medical Group (Summit Health Westchester)
• Patient Portal (athenaPatient)

Quantifiable outcome

• National recognition as #1 Physician Practice in New Jersey and #3 in New York by Castle Connolly
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Genomic Testing Cooperative (GTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSummit Health has internalized Genomic Testing Cooperative's next-generation sequencing DNA and RNA profiling tests at its Woodland Park, NJ laboratory. This partnership covers solid tumors and hematologic neoplasms including GTC's peripheral blood-based liquid biopsy assay, Liquid Trace. The partnership adds Summit/VillageMD physicians to GTC's cooperative network for R&D, clinical trials, and IP development. By bringing testing in-house, Summit Health expects to reduce send-out burdens to multiple labs, standardize data collection, shorten turnaround times, and gain access to GTC's network for genomic science research.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• US Anesthesia Partners: Physician services roll-up platform focused on anesthesiology and perioperative care, backed by private equity. Comparable as a multi-state, PE-style aggregation of independent specialty practices with similar M&A and integration playbook.
• Schweiger Dermatology Group: Private equity-backed dermatology specialty platform with multiple office locations across the Northeast. Comparable as a regionally concentrated, multi-site specialty practice using a similar acquisition-driven growth model in adjacent specialty verticals.

Broad incumbents

• VillageMD: Parent company of Summit Health; operates value-based primary care clinics co-located with Walgreens. Directly comparable multi-specialty and primary care model, with broader geographic mandate (26 markets) and capital backing from Walgreens Boots Alliance.
• NewYork-Presbyterian: Major academic health system with deep primary care, specialty, and ambulatory footprint across the New York metro. Directly competes with Summit Health for specialty referrals and ambulatory volume in the same geography, with substantially larger capital base.
• Hackensack Meridian Health: Large New Jersey-based integrated health system operating hospitals, physician practices, and ambulatory centers. Directly competes with Summit Health for primary care patients and specialty referrals across core New Jersey geographies.
• Oak Street Health (CVS Health): Value-based primary care group focused on Medicare seniors, now owned by CVS Health. Comparable as an integrated, risk-bearing multi-specialty primary care platform with heavy reliance on capitated contracts and population health.

Direct peers

• One Medical (Amazon One Medical): Membership-based primary and multi-specialty care platform with both in-office and digital access. Directly comparable as a multi-state, technology-enabled primary care + urgent care model now backed by Amazon for scale and capital.
• Privia Health Group: Physician-enablement and multi-specialty medical group platform operating across multiple U.S. states with value-based contracts. Comparable in providing infrastructure, technology, and payor negotiation leverage to independent and employed multi-specialty practices.
• ChenMed: Family-owned, multi-specialty primary care group serving Medicare seniors in dedicated centers under full-risk contracts. Comparable in operating its own clinics with employed physicians, integrated specialists, and value-based reimbursement.

Regional players

• Hartford HealthCare: Connecticut-based integrated health system with growing multispecialty physician network. Overlaps with Summit Health's Connecticut locations (e.g., Greenwich urgent care) and competes for both employed physicians and patients in the Fairfield County corridor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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