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Rutgers RWJ Eric B. Chandler Health Center — New Brunswick, NJ

Rutgers RWJ Eric B. Chandler Health Center is a community health center clinic at 123 Church St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, open 42.5 hours a week. The typical New Jersey clinic is open 50 hours a week. It is run by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, which serves 15,752 patients across 2 clinic locations.

Address: 123 Church St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 · Directions
Phone: (732) 235-2052
Weekly hours: 42.5 (New Jersey clinic median: 50)
Operated by: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (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 Rutgers RWJ Eric B. Chandler Health 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 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey patients, 32% are uninsured, 54% have Medicaid or CHIP, 2% have Medicare and 11% have private insurance. Call (732) 235-2052 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Patients came to Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	3,437	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	1,125	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	334	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	3,383	children had checkups
Flu shots	4,601	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	1,503	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	1,038	patients screened
Family planning	1,013	patients served
Diabetes care	1,852	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	2,332	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	580	patients with asthma
HIV testing	3,395	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	778	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	840	children tested

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey also provides care by telehealth.

Who Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey serves

15,752 patients used Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in 2025. 82% live at or below the poverty line and 97% are at or below twice the poverty line. 35 patients were experiencing homelessness and 25 were veterans.

Measure	This center	NJ median	U.S. median	vs NJ
Patients at or below the poverty line	82%	68%	65%	+13 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	97%	95%	92%	+2 pts

Measure	This center	NJ median	U.S. median	vs NJ
Uninsured patients	32%	28%	14%	+5 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	54%	51%	42%	+3 pts
Medicare patients	2%	6%	11%	−4 pts
Privately insured patients	11%	16%	24%	−4 pts

Quality of care at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 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	71%	61%	68%	+10 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	72%	42%	54%	+30 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	69%	58%	54%	+11 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	61%	36%	44%	+25 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	89%	80%	77%	+9 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	96%	85%	86%	+11 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	79%	79%	79%	In line

Staffing at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

The health center employs 103 full-time-equivalent staff, including 15 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 8 dental staff and 3 mental health staff. That is 1,024 patients per clinical provider against the New Jersey median of 1,113 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 56,856 visits, about 3.6 per patient.

Patients from ZIP 08901

6,787 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey patients live in ZIP 08901, and 33% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Central Jersey Medical Center Inc. — 122 patients from 08901
Jewish Renaissance Foundation Inc., the — 21 patients from 08901
Neighborhood Health Services Corporation, Inc. — 16 patients from 08901

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