Bossier City reported chlamydia is 29% higher than the US average. When considering your next STI test in Bossier City, Louisiana, whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening, you can weigh options by whether cost, speed, or convenience is most important. The list below includes public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for Bossier City, LA. The nearest, Louisiana Department of Health, is about 1.5 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.
Louisiana Department of Health in Bossier City tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee. With every service currently provided at no charge. Same-visit treatment covers bacterial infections; HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines are also available. An appointment is required.
The sliding-scale fee structure bottoms out at no charge for every service on the menu: testing, treatment, vaccines, and counseling alike. That single operational fact means the cost of a complete visit, including same-visit bacterial treatment, is nothing.
Services at Louisiana Department of Health in Bossier City are available in Spanish, which means counseling, results, and treatment planning all happen in that language. No lag, no paraphrase.
Louisiana Department of Health in Bossier City includes herpes testing alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, giving a fuller picture of sexual health status in a single appointment.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Casse Community Health Institute in Bossier City takes walk-ins for rapid HIV testing alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis screening. No appointment needed to get tested and treated for bacterial infections the same day. Fees run on a sliding scale, with Medicaid, Medicare, and insurance all accepted.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
David Raines Community Health Centers in Bossier City tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis C, and TB. With same-visit treatment for bacterial infections when results call for it. Fees run on a sliding scale and Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance are all accepted. Appointments are required.
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Listing verified Nov 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Bossier Community Health Center, in Bossier City, welcomes walk-in patients for STI screening without an appointment. Federally qualified status anchors its sliding-scale fee structure, tying costs to income. A single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing in one stop.
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A safety-net rural health clinic about 5 miles from Bossier City. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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The Philadelphia Center in Shreveport sees patients without an appointment and covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid and conventional HIV, and hepatitis C testing in a single visit: with STI treatment, PrEP, and PEP all available at no fee to anyone.
The Philadelphia Center carries no fee for any service it provides (testing, treatment, PrEP, PEP) which makes it the direct answer for anyone paying cash, without a regular provider, or working around a high-deductible plan. There's no tier, no income screen, no partial charge.
Without interpretation, a patient leaves The Philadelphia Center with incomplete instructions, a missed diagnosis, or a treatment they don't fully understand. Each a direct path to ongoing transmission. Interpretation services for non-English languages are built into care here, so that gap doesn't open.
The Philadelphia Center prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP directly, meaning the medications, and the follow-up monitoring HIV prevention requires, stay within the same no-fee setting rather than fragmenting across providers. Continuity in prevention management is a concrete clinical outcome of that arrangement.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
WK Community Health and Wellness Center in Shreveport runs testing for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB on a sliding scale (Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance accepted) with walk-ins welcome and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, all at no fee.
WK Community Health and Wellness Center in Shreveport staffs its billing structure so that the no-fee outcome holds whether a patient carries Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, or nothing at all: the sliding scale bottoms out at zero, and no residual charge is generated after the visit.
Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, WK Community Health and Wellness Center in Shreveport runs hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing as integrated components of the same visit (drawn, processed, and counseled on-site) alongside a TB test, making it a seven-pathogen workup under a single encounter.
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. With treatment available on-site for bacterial STIs and hepatitis. Insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare are accepted; fees apply, scaled to coverage. An appointment is required.
Without on-site hepatitis C treatment, a positive test result often means a second referral, a new provider to navigate, and weeks of delay before antivirals begin. At Ochsner LSU Health, the clinical relationship that confirmed the diagnosis is the same one that carries treatment forward. No gap between knowing and acting.
Plenty of STI clinics test for the bacterial quartet and stop there, leaving hepatitis B and C to be caught, if at all, somewhere else entirely. Ochsner LSU Health runs a panel that includes both hepatitis strains alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, plus TB screening.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
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 about 2 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Bossier City, 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 range: couples & full panels
$79 & 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 Bossier Parish, 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.
2531 Viking Drive, Bossier City, LA 71111
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
4900 Medical Drive, Bossier City, LA 71112
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
2400 Hospital Drive, Bossier City, LA 71111
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
2400 Hospital Drive, Suite 120, Bossier City, LA 71111
CMS-certified lab
2400 Hospital Drive, Suite Dpg, Bossier City, LA 71111
CMS-certified lab
Showing the nearest 5 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Bossier City. 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, 324 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Bossier City. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 54 offer telehealth.
Martha Wafer, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 5400 East Texas Street, Bossier City
Annaliesa Fanguy
Family medicine · 5400 East Texas Street, Bossier City
Corine Bowman, MD
Family medicine · 1007 Gould Drive, Bossier City
Dirk Rainwater, MD
Family medicine · 2890 Douglas Drive, Bossier City
Cheynita Metoyer, MD
Internal medicine · 5751 Shed Road, Bossier City
Edward Johnson, MD
Family medicine · 2703 Beene Boulevard, Bossier City
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 Bossier City, LA 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.
Healthscripts of America-North Louisiana
0.6 miMedrx Pharmacy
0.8 miFeel Well Pharmacy
1.7 mi
1.8 mi Super 1 Pharmacy
1.8 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Bossier City, LA.
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 Bossier City, 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.
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
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
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
How reported STI rates in Bossier Parish, the parish that includes Bossier City, compare with Louisiana and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~29% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#42 of 64 Louisiana counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 34% of the state
| Infection | Bossier Parish | Louisiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 637.2 827 cases ▼ 20% | 792.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 210.3 273 cases ▼ 27% | 288.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 18.5 24 cases ▼ 29% | 26.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 10.8 14 cases ▼ 45% | 19.6 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 31.6 41 cases ▼ 40% | 52.6 | 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 Bossier Parish, chlamydia has risen from 501.8 to 637.2 per 100,000 (27%), gonorrhea has fallen from 254.8 to 210.3 per 100,000 (17%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 7.8 to 18.5 per 100,000 (137%).
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 Bossier Parish.
Local HIV snapshot
Bossier Parish HIV care continuum (2023)
Bossier Parish recorded 10.3 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 22.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Bossier Parish residents living with HIV, 68.3% are in care · 59.5% 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.
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 Bossier Parish tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Barksdale Boulevard cuts through one of Bossier City's busiest residential corridors, where a mix of renters and owners lives close together, many of them tied to shift schedules that leave little room for midweek appointments. With nearly half of households renting at a monthly figure that keeps budgets tight, a screening visit that costs less or nothing can be the deciding factor in whether it actually happens. The city's workforce participation rate leaves a meaningful share of adults outside regular employment, which sounds like flexibility but often means irregular income and no employer-sponsored coverage to fall back on.
That housing and income reality lands hardest on young adults in their late teens and twenties, people who are statistically in the years when STI transmission peaks and who are also most likely to be renting, between jobs, or working hours that don't align with a standard clinic schedule. Bossier Parish's county-level STI figures give that age group a reason to treat routine screening as ordinary, not occasional.
Getting there
At 6.49/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Bossier City 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 71111 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 71111 area around Bossier City: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Bossier City alone.
Bossier City sits in Bossier Parish, ZIP 71111. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Bossier City? 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 Bossier Parish: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Louisiana 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 Bossier City-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 Bossier City 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Louisiana 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 LouisianaSource: 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.
The closest is Louisiana Department of Health (1.5 mi); 12 options are within 30 miles.
Most plans cover STD screening; a clinic or lab can bill insurance, or you can pay a flat self-pay price.
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 637 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Louisiana average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In Louisiana, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
A clinic offers same-day answers and on-site treatment; an at-home kit trades that for privacy and convenience, both use real lab testing.
Yes, the CDC recommends STI screening early in pregnancy, since untreated infections can affect the baby.
Expedited partner therapy lets a provider treat a partner without an exam, where state law allows.
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