STD Testing in Laredo, TX: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
Webb County reports about 474 chlamydia cases per 100,000 residents, near the US average. If you've had a recent risk or simply test on a regular schedule, Laredo, Texas has both community clinics and private labs. Clinics are often low-cost or free, while private labs may offer faster results and more flexible scheduling. Here are your options in Laredo, Texas.
11 testing options are listed for Laredo, TX. The nearest, Pillar, is about 0.8 miles away. Compare community and public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits below.
How to read these listings
Listings tagged Community health center are federally funded health centers and rural clinics that treat everyone regardless of insurance or ability to pay: required to bill on a sliding fee scale and provide confidential care, and in many states minors may consent to their own STI testing. A Title X tag flags centers funded for confidential family-planning services; confirm current participation when you call.
Source: CMS FQHC & Rural Health Clinic enrollment files (data.cms.gov), refreshed quarterly. Title X status reflects the latest OPA grantee list.
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Closest to you 0.8 miles
Pillar
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Pillar in Laredo covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis C on a sliding-scale fee, with HIV testing and STI testing available at no charge, accepts insurance, treats bacterial infections the same visit, and takes walk-ins.
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Every Service Priced at Zero for Pillar Patients
Sliding-scale clinics typically still land some patients with a bill at checkout. At Pillar, the floor is zero: no service carries a charge, regardless of income or coverage, making the sliding scale a guarantee rather than a variable.
PrEP and PEP Available on an Ongoing Basis
Pillar prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP directly, which means a patient building a long-term prevention strategy and one needing a time-sensitive response after an exposure are both handled within the same clinic relationship.
Hepatitis C Joins the Standard Four-Infection Panel
A bare-bones STI panel stops at the four bacterial and viral staples. Pillar adds hepatitis C to that list, catching an infection that shares transmission routes with the rest but often gets screened elsewhere only on request.
ASAS Health in Laredo requires an appointment, so scheduling ahead is the entry point, and that visit covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis A, B, and C, plus TB testing, with STI treatment, HPV and hepatitis vaccines, sliding-scale fees, and Medicaid and Medicare accepted.
GCHC- Dr Martinez Clinic in Laredo operates under federal qualification that mandates income-based sliding-scale fees, meaning no one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
Gateway Community Health Center in Laredo accepts Medicaid, private insurance, and a sliding-scale fee for everyone else, running a panel that reaches beyond the basics to herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB: with appointments required and bacterial infections treatable the same visit, in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, and beyond.
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Languages That Go Past the Interpreter Line
Clinics with a single spoken language on staff handle everything else through workarounds that slow care and flatten nuance. Gateway Community Health Center delivers directly in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, and Haitian Creole (alongside Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese) so nothing about your health history gets lost in the relay.
PrEP and PEP Prescribed Here, On Ongoing Terms
Gateway Community Health Center prescribes both PrEP and PEP, which means ongoing prevention, not just a one-time course, stays inside the same clinical relationship, with follow-up labs and refills handled by staff who already know your history.
The Panel Includes Herpes, Hepatitis A, B, and C
Leaving Gateway without a herpes or hepatitis result means chasing those answers somewhere else, new intake, new wait, new bill. Gateway Community Health Center tests for herpes and hepatitis A, B, and C in the same appointment as the core panel, closing the gap before it becomes a second errand.
Gateway Community Health Center-West Side Clinic, in Laredo, adjusts fees to each patient's income, ensuring no one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening that covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia under its federally qualified health center standing.
City of Laredo Health Department runs appointments for testing across HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B and C, and TB: with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs, HPV and hepatitis A vaccines, and sliding-scale fees that reach zero cost for every service.
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Every Service Here Runs at Zero Cost
For anyone managing care without insurance or paying out of pocket, the City of Laredo Health Department carries no charge for any service on its menu. Testing, treatment, vaccines, counseling, all of it. That standing policy means the full scope of care stays available regardless of what a visit might otherwise cost.
Spanish Is the Clinic's Working Language
For a patient whose primary language is Spanish, care at City of Laredo Health Department unfolds in that language at every step: history, results, treatment instructions, and counseling. That fluency matters most when the conversation turns technical and precision in understanding directly shapes what someone does next.
Ryan White Funding Keeps HIV Care Continuous
Ryan White funding at City of Laredo Health Department means a positive HIV result doesn't end the clinical relationship: it deepens it, with medication adherence education and ongoing HIV medical treatment available through the same program that caught it.
Tests & treatsTitle XRyan White HIV careSliding-scale
South Texas Rural Health Services in Encinal runs on a sliding-scale fee structure open to everyone, with Medicaid and private insurance also accepted. The clinic tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis A, B, and C, plus TB, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs and care delivered in Spanish.
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Spanish-Language Care Is Staffed, Not Patched
South Texas Rural Health Services operates with staff who conduct testing, counseling, and treatment conversations directly in Spanish. No relay required. Diagnoses are explained, treatment plans set, and follow-up instructions given in Spanish by the clinicians themselves, which keeps clinical detail intact from the exam room forward.
Hepatitis A, B, and C Added to the Standard Panel
The clinic runs hepatitis A, B, and C tests alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. All drawn or collected in a single appointment. Hepatitis A and B vaccines are also stocked on-site, so a reactive hepatitis B result and a conversation about A vaccination can both be resolved before you leave.
Texas Department of State Health Services in Zapata tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, treating bacterial infections on the same visit when needed. Fees follow a sliding scale, with Medicaid and Medicare accepted; appointments are required.
Beyond the dedicated testing centers above: at-home kits by mail, hospital labs certified for STI testing, local clinicians who can order a panel during a regular visit, pharmacies for self-test kits and prescriptions, and online PrEP & treatment.
The nearest testing center is less than a mile away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Laredo, you collect the sample privately, and mail it back to a CLIA-certified lab. Results come online in days, with a clinician available if anything is positive. Same labs as a clinic, no waiting room, and you can read how accurate at-home STD tests are before you order.
Want a free option first? The CDC-supported TakeMeHome program mails free at-home HIV self-test kits, and, in many areas, free STI kits, to your door, with no insurance or payment needed. The paid kits below add broader panels and faster turnaround.
In-home collection
Quest Diagnostics
$79 & up
Panel:
8-infection panel incl. chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, syphilis, hepatitis & herpes: single tests too
Sample:
Quest Mobile: a phlebotomist collects your sample at home
Every kit uses CLIA-certified labs. At-home testing is for screening; a reactive result should be confirmed and treated by a clinician. Prices and panels shown are illustrative and change often, confirm current details on the provider's site.
Also in the area
Other CLIA-certified labs near Laredo, TX
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Webb County, each lab's town is shown on its card below. Many test through a doctor's order or by appointment rather than walk-in, so call ahead to confirm STD/STI testing and availability before visiting.
Cigarroa Interventional - ASC
7105 North Bartlett Avenue, Suite 201, Laredo, TX 78041
Showing 6 of the CLIA-certified labs in Webb County.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Laredo. A CLIA certificate records only that a laboratory is federally certified — it does not confirm the site performs STD testing, nor its hours, price or access. Inclusion is not an endorsement; always call to verify.
Local clinicians
Clinicians near Laredo, TX who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 76 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Laredo. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 10 offer telehealth.
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Mateo Reyes, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 3527 Jaime Zapata Memorial Highway, Laredo
These are registry-listed clinicians, not dedicated STD-testing clinics. CMS records do not independently verify current licensure, testing services, availability, price, or new-patient status. Confirm each detail before booking. Source: CMS Doctors & Clinicians.
Nearby pharmacies
Pharmacies near Laredo, TX
Compare the pharmacies closest to Laredo, TX. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
Directory records identify nearby pharmacies. Service, stock, price, and hours information is shown only when supported by current location-specific evidence.
Prevention & treatment
PrEP, prevention & online treatment
Testing is one step. For residents of Laredo, telehealth covers the rest: HIV-prevention medication (PrEP) and DoxyPEP to lower future risk, and discreet online treatment if a result comes back positive. All prescribed by licensed U.S. clinicians.
Online treatment
Nurx
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
Pricing varies by insurance and changes often, confirm on the provider's site. These services are not a substitute for emergency care.
STD stats & rates
STDs & HIV in Webb County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Webb County, the county that includes Laredo, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~31% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#49
#49 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 81% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Webb County vs Texas vs U.S.
Webb CountyTexasU.S.▲▼ = Webb County vs the state average
Infection
Webb County
Texas
United States
Chlamydia
474.11,276 cases▼ 4%
491.9
492.2
Gonorrhea
87.3235 cases▼ 51%
176.4
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
16.745 cases▲ 11%
15
15.8
Syphilis (early)
20.856 cases▼ 21%
26.4
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
55148 cases▲ 24%
44.3
29.5
Rates per 100,000 population, 2023. Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus (county, state & U.S., all-ages basis). Population figures: U.S. Census Bureau ACS. These figures are the latest available surveillance estimates. Bars are scaled to the highest rate shown.
Reading these numbers: reported case rates only count infections that were actually tested for and diagnosed, so they track local screening effort as much as true spread: a higher rate can reflect more testing, a lower one less. Either way, most STIs cause no symptoms, so treat the figures above as context rather than a verdict, and test on the CDC's schedule regardless of how your area looks.
Reported STD rates in Webb County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▲ 0% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Webb County, chlamydia has risen from 387.1 to 474.1 per 100,000 (22%), gonorrhea has risen from 52.4 to 87.3 per 100,000 (67%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 2.6 to 16.7 per 100,000 (542%).
The 2020 dip reflects reduced pandemic-era screening, not lower transmission. Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus (county, state & U.S., all-ages basis).
Community health context
What shapes testing access in and around Laredo, TX
Adults uninsured
40.9%
No routine checkup
31.2%
Binge drinking
16.4%
Frequent mental distress
19.4%
Depression
20.6%
Below poverty line
26.3%
Primary-care ratio
3,268 : 1
Webb County
Primary-care shortage score 21 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 54.3
Social Vulnerability Index · 98th percentile nationally
Sources: CDC PLACES (ZIP), County Health Rankings, CDC/ATSDR SVI, HRSA HPSA, HRSA MUA/P, Neighborhood Atlas ADI. Lower insurance coverage, fewer routine checkups, and a thin primary-care ratio all raise the value of low-cost public clinics and at-home testing in Webb County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Webb County (2023)
People living with HIV
295 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
36cases countywide
On PrEP (coverage)
43.6%
Webb County HIV care continuum (2023)
Webb County recorded 17.1 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 20.2 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Webb County residents living with HIV, 59.2% are in care · 52.5% are virally suppressed. Early, routine testing is what moves these numbers: it is the entry point to PrEP, treatment, and viral suppression.
Sources: AIDSVu (Emory/Gilead) · CDC AHEAD · CDC AtlasPlus · CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus (county care continuum). The CDC recommends everyone aged 13–64 test for HIV at least once: every lab and clinic listed above offers HIV testing, and free rapid HIV testing is available at a local health department.
Pregnant or planning to be?Congenital syphilis is the fastest-rising STI: what to test, and when
Congenital syphilis, passed from parent to baby in pregnancy, is the fastest-rising STI in the country. U.S. cases climbed from 2,163 in 2020 to 3,882 in 2023. It is almost entirely preventable: the CDC recommends a syphilis test at the first prenatal visit, and every clinic and lab listed for Webb County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Compiled and checked by EasySTD's editorial team against CDC and public-health sources. This is educational information, not a substitute for advice from a licensed clinician. Our editorial guidelines →
East Saunders Street bends through a Laredo where most households own their homes and average families of four share those roofs, which means a single monthly budget covers rent or mortgage, utilities, groceries, and health costs all at once. With roughly one in five households clearing six figures and a meaningful share of working-age adults outside the labor force entirely, discretionary spending on anything that feels optional tends to get deferred. Routine STI screening lands in that category for a lot of people, even when it shouldn't.
That deferral matters here because Laredo's young adults, people in their late teens and twenties forming new relationships, account for a substantial slice of the population, and Webb County's STI figures reflect what happens when that group goes unscreened for stretches at a time. Neighborhoods like Del Mar and Plantation sit at different ends of the city, but the logistics of getting tested are similar everywhere: pick the site whose hours clear your work week, confirm the fee upfront given typical household budgets here, and go before the question becomes a longer wait.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Laredo, TX
Walkability6.25 / 20 · Below average
At 6.25/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Laredo generally mean driving: plan on a car or rideshare to reach a clinic, and check each listing's hours and phone before you go.
Source: EPA National Walkability Index 2021.
ZIP 78046 snapshot
Residents
71,965
Median age
26
Median income
$53,601
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 78046 area around Laredo: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Laredo alone.
Laredo sits in Webb County, ZIP 78046. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Laredo Air Force Base
Deaf Smith
Radcliffe Killam
Raymond and Tirza Martin High School
La India Packing Company
Camp Huisache
Neighborhoods & communities
Del Mar
Nye
Plantation
Sal Si Peudes
Las Crueces
Alexander
Las Polkas
Siete Nuevo
Major routes
Purple Heart Trail
FM 1472 (Mines Road)
Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway
US 59 Bus (East Saunders Street)
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near Laredo, TX
Just outside Laredo? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Laredo, TX: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Webb County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Texas law. If you have symptoms right now, our confidential symptom checker maps them to the tests worth considering.
Who should test, and whenCDC screening schedule + each infection's detection window
Who should get tested, and how often
Based on current CDC screening recommendations.
Group
Tests
How often
Everyone aged 13–64
HIV
At least once
Sexually active women under 25
Chlamydia, gonorrhea
Every year
Women 25+ with new or multiple partners
Chlamydia, gonorrhea
Every year
Pregnant people
HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B & C, chlamydia
Early in pregnancy
Gay & bisexual men (MSM)
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV
Every 3–6 months
Anyone who shares injection equipment
HIV, hepatitis B & C
At least yearly
All adults at least once
Hepatitis C
At least once
When to test: STD detection windows
Testing too early can return a false negative, confirm timing with a Laredo-area provider.
What each STD test costsMedicare reference prices per lab test, a benchmark before you pay out of pocket
These are the federal Medicare reference prices for processing each lab test. Public clinics and the community health centers serving Laredo often test free or on a sliding scale; private labs and at-home kits bundle several tests into one fee. Use this as a per-test benchmark before you pay out of pocket, or see the full guide to STD test costs for insurance, free, and at-home options.
Test
Reference price
CPT / HCPCS
Chlamydia (NAAT)
$47.80
87491
Gonorrhea (NAAT)
$47.80
87591
Trichomoniasis (NAAT)
$47.76
87661
HIV-1/2 antigen/antibody
$26.87
87389
HIV-1/2 antibody
$22.44
86703
Syphilis (RPR/VDRL)
$5.61
86592
Syphilis (treponemal antibody)
$17.49
86780
Herpes (HSV NAAT)
$47.76
87529
Hepatitis B surface antigen
$15.33
87340
Hepatitis C antibody
$29.16
86803
Source: Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, CMS, 2025 rates (data.cms.gov). Reference rate for the lab assay only: a clinic visit, sample collection, or a bundled multi-test panel may cost more. Medicaid and most insurers cover STD screening at no out-of-pocket cost.
Confidentiality & consent in TexasMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on Texas law: who can consent, and whether partners can be treated without their own visit. Everything else about testing privately is the same nationwide (see below).
Can a minor consent on their own?
In Texas, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Can my partner be treated too? (EPT)
Texas permits Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT): if you test positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea, your provider can give you medication (or a prescription) to pass to your partner, no separate exam or appointment needed for them.
Keeping a test private works the same in every state. Whether an STD test shows on insurance (the EOB), how to test anonymously, and self-pay options that leave no insurance trail don’t change by location.
