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Central Jersey Medical Center — Carteret, NJ

Central Jersey Medical Center is a community health center clinic at 1540 Roosevelt Ave, Carteret, NJ 07008, open 42.5 hours a week. The typical New Jersey clinic is open 50 hours a week. It is run by Central Jersey Medical Center Inc., which serves 24,404 patients across 2 clinic locations.

Address: 1540 Roosevelt Ave, Carteret, NJ 07008 · Directions
Phone: (732) 376-6650
Website: www.cjmc.us
Weekly hours: 42.5 (New Jersey clinic median: 50)
Operated by: Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at Central Jersey Medical Center depends on your income and household size, and the clinic bills Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. Care is not free, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay. Among Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. patients, 18% are uninsured, 56% have Medicaid or CHIP, 7% have Medicare and 18% have private insurance. Call (732) 376-6650 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Central Jersey Medical Center Inc.

Patients came to Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	6,855	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	1,964	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	290	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	3,473	children had checkups
Flu shots	2,895	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	3,761	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	2,001	patients screened
Family planning	1,456	patients served
Diabetes care	2,823	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	4,521	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,034	patients with asthma
HIV testing	4,512	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	4,342	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	59	children tested

Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. serves

24,404 patients used Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. in 2025. 65% live at or below the poverty line and 89% are at or below twice the poverty line. 68 patients were experiencing homelessness and 39 were veterans.

Measure	This center	NJ median	U.S. median	vs NJ
Patients at or below the poverty line	65%	68%	65%	−3 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	89%	95%	92%	−6 pts

Measure	This center	NJ median	U.S. median	vs NJ
Uninsured patients	18%	28%	14%	−9 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	56%	51%	42%	+5 pts
Medicare patients	7%	6%	11%	+2 pts
Privately insured patients	18%	16%	24%	+2 pts

Quality of care at Central Jersey Medical Center Inc.

Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. is at or above the New Jersey median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	NJ median	U.S. median	vs NJ
Adults with high blood pressure under control	61%	61%	68%	In line
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	62%	42%	54%	+20 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	64%	58%	54%	+5 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	37%	36%	44%	+1 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	85%	80%	77%	+5 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	94%	85%	86%	+9 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	84%	79%	79%	+5 pts

Patients from ZIP 07008

1,765 Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. patients live in ZIP 07008, and 15% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — 58 patients from 07008
Newark Community Health Centers, Inc. — 36 patients from 07008
Neighborhood Health Services Corporation, Inc. — 22 patients from 07008
Jewish Renaissance Foundation Inc., the — 16 patients from 07008

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