Chlamydia rates in Austin County are about 37% lower than the US average. Whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening, Bellville, Texas offers multiple options. Community and public clinics provide low-cost or free services, while private labs offer faster results and more flexible scheduling.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Bellville, TX. The nearest, Bellville Medical Center, is about 0.4 miles away. Compare community and public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits below.
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.
A public safety-net rural health clinic in Bellville. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Texas Department of State Health Services in Bellville runs STI care through a state public health infrastructure, covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, and rapid HIV testing on a sliding-scale fee open to all. Appointments are required; bacterial STIs are treated the same visit, and HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines are on-site. Spanish and interpretation services are available.
Spanish-speaking staff and interpretation services for other languages are part of how appointments run here, not arranged separately afterward. For anyone navigating a sensitive health concern, being able to ask follow-up questions and understand next steps in real time shapes whether a visit actually sticks.
DoxyPEP, doxycycline taken after potential bacterial STI exposure, is available as a standing prevention service at this clinic. That means patients with an ongoing exposure risk can establish care, discuss the protocol, and leave with access to it without coordinating a separate prescriber.
Languages
English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Care services
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Fees & payment
Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
A public STD-testing location about 16 miles from Bellville.
Languages
English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Brookshire Center, in Brookshire, carries federal qualification as a community health center, which means STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia runs on a sliding-scale fee tied to household income, keeping care within reach regardless of insurance status.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Spring Branch CHC - Katy Clinic, serving Katy, earned its federal qualification by tying every fee to a patient's actual income. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-in STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with costs scaled to what you earn.
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Free tool · not a clinic
Testing too soon can miss an infection. Enter the date of possible exposure to see the earliest a test can reliably detect each STI.
| Infection | Earliest reliable test | Conclusive after |
|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 7 days after exposure | 14 days after exposure |
| Gonorrhea | 7 days after exposure | 14 days after exposure |
| Trichomoniasis | 7 days after exposure | 28 days after exposure |
| HIV (NAT / RNA) | 10 days after exposure | 33 days after exposure |
| HIV (4th-gen Ag/Ab) | 18 days after exposure | 45 days after exposure |
| HIV (antibody) | 21 days after exposure | 84 days after exposure |
| Syphilis | 21 days after exposure | 42 days after exposure |
| Hepatitis B | 21 days after exposure | 42 days after exposure |
| Hepatitis C | 56 days after exposure | 77 days after exposure |
| Herpes (HSV) | 28 days after exposure | 112 days after exposure |
Guidance only, confirm timing with a clinician. A negative result before the conclusive date may need a repeat test.
Typical out-of-pocket ranges by option, actual cost depends on which tests you need.
Public / community clinic
Free HIV testing is common
Private lab (self-pay)
Never billed to insurance
At-home kit
Mailed to your door, private
Doctor / urgent care
Often $0 preventive with insurance
No centers match those filters. Clear the service-type filter or the opening-hours filters to see every center.
Every other option
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.
Test from home
The nearest testing center is less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Bellville, 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 (opens in a new tab) 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
$79 & up
Best for simplicity & support
$89 & up
Best value: single tests
$49 & up
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
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Austin 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.
44 North Cummings Street, Bellville, TX 77418
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
3701 Outlet Center Drive, Suite 100, Sealy, TX 77474
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
203 Meyer Street, Suite 100, Sealy, TX 77474
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Bellville. 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
Beyond dedicated clinics, 105 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Bellville. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 36 offer telehealth.
Alberto Montoya, MD
Family medicine · 44 North Cummings Street, Bellville
David Magness, MD
Family medicine · 235 West Palm Street, Bellville
Dane Pawlowski, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 235 West Palm Street, Bellville
Moromoke Odina, MD
Internal medicine · 1412 South Front Street, Bellville
Isidro De Leon, DO
Family medicine · 826 South Meyer Street, Sealy
Kannappan Krishnaswamy, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 1036 North Circle Drive, Sealy
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
No pharmacy near Bellville, TX publishes an STD-related service or holds a current CLIA testing certificate, so these are simply the closest. Contact a location directly to confirm counter hours, services, prices, and availability before visiting.
Lifechek
0.3 miAbrx Holdings
0.3 miWalters Pharmacy
0.3 miBrookshire Brothers Pharmacy
0.6 miSealy Pharmacy
13 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Bellville, TX.
Directory records identify nearby pharmacies. Service, stock, price, and hours information is shown only when supported by current location-specific evidence.
Prevention & treatment
Testing is one step. For residents of Bellville, 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.
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
$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
How reported STI rates in Austin County, the county that includes Bellville, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~19% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#117 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 54% of the state
| Infection | Austin County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 312.5 99 cases ▼ 36% | 491.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 78.9 25 cases ▼ 55% | 176.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 3.2 1 cases ▼ 79% | 15 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 9.5 3 cases ▼ 64% | 26.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 22.1 7 cases ▼ 50% | 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.
Between 2020 and 2023 in Austin County, chlamydia has risen from 268.5 to 312.5 per 100,000 (16%), gonorrhea has fallen from 79.6 to 78.9 per 100,000 (1%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 3.3 to 3.2 per 100,000 (3%).
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
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 Austin County.
Local HIV snapshot
Austin County HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Austin County residents living with HIV, 61.8% are in care · 47.3% 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 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.
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 Austin County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
East Main Street runs through Bellville's commercial center with the kind of unhurried pace that belies real economic pressure underneath: nearly fifteen in a hundred residents who want work can't find it, and rents around $779 a month leave little slack for anything that feels optional, including a clinic visit. That financial tightness shapes how people weigh healthcare decisions. With fewer than one in five households clearing six figures, a screening appointment competes directly with fixed monthly costs, especially for the roughly four in ten residents who rent rather than own. Young adults in their late teens and twenties, years when STI exposure is statistically at its peak, are often the ones most likely to defer care when the calendar or the budget is already stretched.
Bellville's labor-force picture, where a meaningful share of working-age residents are between jobs or underemployed, means that schedule flexibility around clinic hours matters more here than in places with steadier employment. Getting to any of the options listed on this page requires a car; nothing about Bellville's layout makes a testing appointment something you slot into a walk. Knowing in advance which sites offer sliding-scale fees or telehealth intake, details the clinic cards on this page carry, is the practical first step for anyone near the Josephine Zeiske Memorial Park side of town or out along TX 36.
Getting there
At 6.02/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Bellville 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 77418 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 77418 area around Bellville: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Bellville alone.
Bellville sits in Austin County, ZIP 77418. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Bellville? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
Reference
Everything to know before you test in Austin 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.
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 |
Testing too early can return a false negative, confirm timing with a Bellville-area provider.
| Infection | Earliest reliable test | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 1–2 weeks | Urine or swab |
| Gonorrhea | 1–2 weeks | Urine or swab |
| Trichomoniasis | 1–4 weeks | Urine or swab |
| HIV (NAT / RNA) | 10–33 days | Blood |
| HIV (4th-gen Ag/Ab) | 18–45 days | Blood |
| HIV (antibody) | 3–12 weeks | Blood / oral |
| Syphilis | 3–6 weeks | Blood |
| Hepatitis B | 3–6 weeks | Blood |
| Hepatitis C | 8–11 weeks | Blood |
| Herpes (HSV) | 4–16 weeks (antibody); swab a sore | Blood / swab |
These are the federal Medicare reference prices for processing each lab test. Public clinics and the community health centers serving Bellville 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.
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).
In Texas, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
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.
Learn more about confidential STD testing in TexasSource: Guttmacher Institute, Minors' Access to STI Services; CDC, Legal Status of Expedited Partner Therapy. General information, not legal advice.
Good to Know
Answers to the questions people ask most before getting tested.
Possibly, Brenham, TX is close; compare it by distance against Bellville Medical Center.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing, and public clinics test for free regardless of coverage.
Public clinics nearby offer free HIV testing.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 313 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Texas average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In Texas, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, partners should test and be treated together to avoid passing it back and forth.
Yes, from a reputable lab, confirm any positive with a clinician for treatment.
Start treatment, tell recent partners so they can test, avoid sex until cleared, and retest if advised, most STIs resolve with care.
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