Hackensack Meridian Urgent Care - American Dream

Urgent Care is for injuries or illnesses that are not life threatening. Therefore, we recommend going to the Emergency Department with the following conditions:

• Chest pain
• Difficulty breathing
• Uncontrolled bleeding
• Loss of consciousness
• Sudden loss of vision or blurred vision
• Acute mental health issues or suicidal feelings
• Change in mental status or stroke symptoms
  i.e. Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, sudden confusion, difficulty speaking or understanding what is being said. Sudden loss of balance or loss of coordination.

Traditional urgent care centers have been around for over 40 years, providing quick and affordable walk-in care for life’s minor bumps, bruises, coughs, and colds.

Hackensack Meridian Health is the first in the nation to develop an urgent care with additional services to directly provide immediate care for mental and behavioral health issues and concerns (where there are no immediate safety risks). 

Urgent care with Behavioral Health does not replace your regular psychiatrist or mental health professional or when going to the nearest hospital emergency room is necessary.

By combining medical urgent care services with behavioral health expertise, we can provide a thorough evaluation and diagnosis of physical medical conditions and mental health-related issues.

In many cases, symptoms like depression could be related to an underlying or undiagnosed medical condition (like a thyroid condition, hypertension, or chronic illness).

By visiting our office, our clinical team is equipped to identify medical conditions that may impact mental or behavior and understand and treat behavioral health conditions.

We treat infants 4 months old to senior citizens. Learn more about our pediatric emergency services here.

No, you may walk in at any time without an appointment.

We offer a wide range of point-of-care on-site lab testing and can send out any specimen to a medical laboratory when necessary.

• Cultures, swabs, blood draw
• PPD
• Titers
• COVID-19 testing
• Rapid influenza A&B testing (results in 15 minutes)
• Rapid mononucleosis screening (results in 15 minutes)
• Rapid strep (results in 5 minutes)
• STD
• Urine pregnancy test
• Urinalysis

Yes, each of our locations have EKG capabilities

Yes, we offer STD testing.

Yes, most of our locations offer DOT physicals, please call ahead to schedule a visit.

Yes. Our doctors regularly provide complete physical exams (routine, for work, sports or school), including blood work.

Yes, you will need to bring a photo ID, co-pay, your e-mail address, and a copy of your insurance card to every visit.

We will instruct you on the proper follow up for your specific injury/illness. After your Urgent Care visit we encourage all patients to follow up with your primary care doctor. However, if your symptoms persist and you are unable to make a timely appointment with a primary care doctor, please revisit our Urgent Care.

• If you are in need of a primary care doctor, click here for a recommended list.

Aetna, Aetna Better Health, Amerihealth, Brighton/Magnacare, Cigna, Clover, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Horizon NJ Health, Multiplan, Qualcare, Self Pay, United Health/Oxford, Wellcare. Please verify with your insurance for participation.