STD Testing in Amarillo, TX: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
Potter County reports about 39 syphilis cases per 100,000 residents, well above the US average. Whether it's your first STI test in Amarillo, Texas or you're screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea, you have choices. Visiting a clinic lets a provider answer questions and start treatment, while an at-home kit lets you collect a sample on your own schedule and mail it in, so see what's available.
9 testing options are listed for Amarillo, TX. The nearest, RHN Medical and Dental Group, is about 1.5 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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Address
2207 S. Western, Amarillo, TX 79109 3.0 miles away
Texas Department of State Health Services in Amarillo charges nothing for any service it provides: gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing, STI treatment, and HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines all carry a zero balance. An appointment is required.
City of Amarillo Department of Public Health tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid and conventional HIV, hepatitis C, and TB, treating bacterial STIs the same visit, on a sliding scale, with every service available at no fee. Appointments are required.
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Zero-Cost Care, Every Service, Every Time
For anyone without a regular provider or paying entirely out of pocket, the City of Amarillo Department of Public Health's standing offer is straightforward: testing, treatment, and vaccines carry no charge. That includes STI treatment, mpox and hepatitis A and B vaccination, and TB care. None of it conditional on income documentation or coverage.
Spanish Spoken Directly in the Exam Room
Plenty of clinics handle Spanish through a patched-in service running parallel to actual care. At the City of Amarillo Department of Public Health, Spanish is a direct language of service: counseling, prevention education, and clinical conversation happen in it, not around it.
Hepatitis C Testing Added to the Standard Panel
People without a primary care relationship often have no routine pathway to hepatitis C screening. The City of Amarillo Department of Public Health builds it into the same visit as the bacterial STI panel, so hepatitis C testing isn't a separate referral to chase down. It's already on the table.
Haven Health in Amarillo requires an appointment, so scheduling before you arrive is the move, and that single visit covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid and conventional HIV, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, plus TB, with bacterial STIs treated the same day on a sliding-scale fee. Spanish-language care is on staff.
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Spanish Care Staffed In, Not Patched Together
Haven Health carries Spanish as a staffed clinical function: history-taking, counseling, and treatment instructions happen directly in Spanish through providers or clinical staff, not routed through a secondary service. That operational reality means nothing gets compressed or abbreviated when English isn't the working language of a visit.
Herpes and Hepatitis Expand the Standard Panel
Haven Health's panel runs to ten tests: gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid and conventional HIV, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C, plus TB. That hepatitis breadth means all three types are identified rather than leaving hepatitis A or C to a separate appointment elsewhere.
A public safety-net rural health clinic about 33 miles from Amarillo. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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 about 2 miles away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Amarillo, 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 Amarillo, TX
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Potter 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.
Showing 6 of the CLIA-certified labs in Potter County.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Amarillo. 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 Amarillo, TX who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 154 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Amarillo. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 32 offer telehealth.
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John Slaton, DO
Family medicine · 5601 West Interstate 40, Amarillo
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 Amarillo, TX
Compare the pharmacies closest to Amarillo, 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 Amarillo, 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.
PrEP & DoxyPEP
Mistr
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
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 Potter County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Potter County, the county that includes Amarillo, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~28% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#5 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 98% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Potter County vs Texas vs U.S.
Potter CountyTexasU.S.▲▼ = Potter County vs the state average
Infection
Potter County
Texas
United States
Chlamydia
839.1962 cases▲ 71%
491.9
492.2
Gonorrhea
344.5395 cases▲ 95%
176.4
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
39.345 cases▲ 162%
15
15.8
Syphilis (early)
109.9126 cases▲ 316%
26.4
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
65.475 cases▲ 48%
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 Potter County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▼ 36% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Potter County, chlamydia has fallen from 939.9 to 839.1 per 100,000 (11%), gonorrhea has fallen from 583.8 to 344.5 per 100,000 (41%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 21.1 to 39.3 per 100,000 (86%).
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 Amarillo, TX
Adults uninsured
9.7%
No routine checkup
21.8%
Binge drinking
16.5%
Frequent mental distress
15%
Depression
22.6%
Below poverty line
12.1%
Primary-care ratio
1,143 : 1
Potter County
Primary-care shortage score 10 / 26
Social Vulnerability Index · 99th 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 Potter County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Potter County (2023)
People living with HIV
363 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
23cases countywide
On PrEP (coverage)
37.3%
Potter County HIV care continuum (2023)
Potter County recorded 24.7 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 20.2 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Potter County residents living with HIV, 77.5% are in care · 65.8% 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 Potter 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 →
Along South Buchanan Street, where working families have quietly put down roots for generations, a monthly rent around $850 can look reasonable on paper until it lands inside a household where every dollar is already claimed, and for Amarillo's substantial renter population, that math shapes which health visits actually happen. When cost is the friction point, free or sliding-scale clinics become less of a convenience and more of a deciding factor in whether someone follows through at all. That pressure lands unevenly on younger adults (people in their late teens and twenties navigating early careers, new relationships, and budgets with little slack) who make up a meaningful share of Amarillo's population and account for the years when STI transmission tends to peak.
Households here skew larger than the national average, and just over half of adults are married, meaning sexual health decisions ripple outward through families, not just individuals. Amarillo's workforce participation is solid, which means many people are on shift schedules that don't bend for a midday appointment. Clinics with evening or weekend hours, or those close to the Canyon Expressway for a quick detour after work, are the ones that fit into how this city actually runs, and that's the detail worth checking before you go.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Amarillo, TX
Walkability12.52 / 20 · Above average
Amarillo scores 12.52/20 on the EPA walkability index, so many trips are walkable or a short ride, though a car still gives you the widest choice of testing centers.
Source: EPA National Walkability Index 2021.
Amarillo sits in Potter County. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Santa Fe Building (Amarillo)
Amarillo Museum of Art
American Quarter Horse Museum
Wonderland Amusement Park
Hornet
Sandborn Park
Neighborhoods & communities
Bivins Addition
Route 66 Historic District
Major routes
South Buchanan Street
US 87 (Canyon Expressway)
Loop 395 (Southeast 10th Avenue)
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near Amarillo, TX
Just outside Amarillo? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Amarillo, TX: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Potter 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 an Amarillo-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 Amarillo 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.
