Hennepin County reports about 14 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 residents. If you live in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota and you're considering testing before starting a new relationship or as part of ongoing care, you can weigh visiting a clinic to speak with a provider and start treatment, or using an at-home kit for sample collection at your convenience. See your options below.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for Brooklyn Center, MN. The nearest, North Memorial Health, is about 0.7 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.
North Memorial Health in Minneapolis tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, hepatitis C, and TB. A wider sweep than most appointment-based clinics carry. Fees are charged on a sliding scale, insurance is accepted, and same-visit treatment is available for bacterial infections.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Planned Parenthood North Central States in Brooklyn Park runs STI testing (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and rapid or conventional HIV) alongside same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, with fees sliding to income and Medicaid and private insurance both accepted. An appointment is required.
Planned Parenthood North Central States prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, with the follow-up HIV testing and check-ins that make long-term PrEP safe. Regular lab monitoring is built into the ongoing care, not handed off elsewhere. The clinic manages the clinical relationship from first prescription through continued use.
Planned Parenthood North Central States holds Title X designation, which means minors can receive STI testing and family planning services with legal confidentiality. No parental billing trail, no guardian sign-off required. For a young person without a regular provider or paying out of pocket, that standing protection is built directly into every eligible service.
Without language support, a positive result can stall at the moment it matters most. Instructions misread, treatment skipped, follow-up missed. Planned Parenthood North Central States provides interpretation services for non-English languages so that the full clinical conversation, from diagnosis through treatment, reaches the patient accurately and completely.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Hennepin Healthcare in Brooklyn Park tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and all three hepatitis strains on a sliding-scale fee open to everyone; appointments are required, and bacterial infections can be treated the same visit.
Spanish speakers are served directly by staff, and interpretation is available for additional languages across every service Hennepin Healthcare offers: testing, treatment, PrEP counseling, and hepatitis management. That coverage extends to medication adherence education, where precision of language shapes whether a patient stays on a regimen.
Chasing a PrEP prescription or a PEP course across two separate providers costs time and, sometimes, the window that makes treatment effective. Hennepin Healthcare holds both prescriptions in-house, so neither requires leaving and returning to a different facility to begin.
Hennepin Healthcare carries hepatitis C treatment through to the prescription stage, direct-acting antivirals are initiated and monitored by the clinic's own providers rather than handed off after diagnosis. Hepatitis B treatment follows the same model, with ongoing medical management rather than a one-time test event.
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Annex Teen Clinic in Robbinsdale runs STI testing and treatment alongside ongoing prevention care (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and rapid or conventional HIV testing) on a sliding-scale fee with walk-ins welcome, same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, and PrEP and PEP available on-site.
Leaving Annex Teen Clinic without a prevention plan when you need one means starting over: finding a prescriber, waiting for another appointment, and carrying risk in the meantime. PrEP and PEP are both managed here directly, so that gap never opens.
Annex Teen Clinic tests for herpes in addition to gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, which means an infection that would otherwise go undetected and unaddressed gets named and treated in the same visit.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Allina Health in Minneapolis pairs bacterial STI testing (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis) with same-visit treatment, plus herpes and hepatitis screening, all on a fee-based sliding scale accepted by Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance. An appointment is required. Care is available in Spanish.
Spanish is a language of clinical care at Allina Health, not a supplemental accommodation. Diagnosis, treatment planning, and STI counseling are conducted in Spanish, meaning nothing about a patient's care is filtered through a secondary layer of translation.
Allina Health carries hepatitis C treatment on-site alongside hepatitis B treatment, so a reactive antibody result feeds directly into a treatment relationship within the same system. Managing both infections under one provider eliminates the handoff gap between diagnosis and ongoing care.
Beyond the core four, Allina Health tests for herpes, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B. Infections the standard clinic panel often omits. That broader screen means a single appointment can surface exposures that a narrower workup would simply leave undetected.
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Neighborhood HealthSource in Minneapolis requires an appointment and covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, HIV, and TB testing in a single visit, with STI treatment on-site for bacterial infections, HPV and hepatitis A/B vaccines, and sliding-scale fees accepted across the board.
Plenty of clinics hand the non-English-speaking patient a workaround, an 800 number, a scheduled callback, something borrowed. Neighborhood HealthSource builds Spanish fluency directly into care, plus interpretation across other languages, so the clinical conversation happens in real time, not around a delay.
Tracking down a herpes diagnosis after a standard four-pathogen panel often means a second appointment, a separate lab order, and another copay. Neighborhood HealthSource includes herpes testing alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. One visit closes the gap that a shorter panel leaves open.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Axis Family Clinic in Minneapolis structures its fees on a sliding scale tied to income, so cost is never a barrier to care. As a federally qualified health center, it offers STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia to anyone who walks in, regardless of ability to pay.
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University of Minnesota Physicians in Minneapolis tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis A, B, and C on a sliding-scale fee open to everyone. Appointments are required, bacterial STIs are treated same visit, and HPV and hepatitis vaccines are available on-site.
University of Minnesota Physicians carries hepatitis C treatment on-site, which means a reactive antibody result doesn't stall at the diagnostic stage: the prescribing relationship, monitoring, and direct-acting antiviral course are managed within the same practice.
Many STI-focused clinics stop at testing and hand prevention prescribing off to a separate provider. University of Minnesota Physicians writes PrEP and PEP directly, keeping the prevention and diagnostic relationship with a single clinical team.
Interpretation services for non-English languages are available across appointments at University of Minnesota Physicians in Minneapolis: meaning medication adherence counseling, PrEP education, and treatment discussions carry the same clinical precision regardless of which language a patient uses.
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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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Brooklyn Center, 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 Hennepin 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.
6845 Lee Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55429
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
6000 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
5615 Xerxes Ave Suite D, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
5700 Bottineau Blvd Suite 100, Crystal, MN 55429
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Brooklyn Center. 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, 2,860 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Brooklyn Center. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 1,160 offer telehealth.
Andrew Esten, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 6200 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center
Morgan Groth, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 6000 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center
Keith Johnson, MD
Family medicine · 5615 Xerxes Avenue North, Brooklyn Center
Bethel Averbeck Telehealth
Internal medicine · 6845 Lee Avenue North, Brooklyn Center
Cornelia Dahm, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 7240 Brooklyn Boulevard, Brooklyn Park
Deborah Dittberner, MD
Family medicine · 5200 Douglas Drive North, Crystal
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 Brooklyn Center, MN 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.
Sun Pharmacy
0.6 miCub Pharmacy
0.6 mi
0.7 mi Snyder Drug Emporium
2.6 miHHS Brooklyn Park Clinic Pharmacy
2.6 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Brooklyn Center, MN.
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 Brooklyn Center, 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.
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
$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 Hennepin County, the county that includes Brooklyn Center, compare with Minnesota 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.
#1 of 87 Minnesota counties for chlamydia, among the very highest in the state
| Infection | Hennepin County | Minnesota | United States |
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| Chlamydia | 634 7,980 cases ▲ 67% | 379.5 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 301.9 3,800 cases ▲ 124% | 134.5 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 19.5 246 cases ▲ 124% | 8.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 16.7 210 cases ▲ 149% | 6.7 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 27.6 348 cases ▲ 88% | 14.7 | 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 Hennepin County, chlamydia has risen from 574.8 to 634 per 100,000 (10%), gonorrhea has fallen from 341.2 to 301.9 per 100,000 (12%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 14.8 to 19.5 per 100,000 (32%).
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 Hennepin County.
Local HIV snapshot
Hennepin County HIV care continuum (2023)
Hennepin County recorded 13.6 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 6.7 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Hennepin County residents living with HIV, 80.2% are in care · 65.1% 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 Hennepin County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Shingle Creek and the streets fanning out toward Lind-Bohanon are home to a lot of people navigating early careers, new partnerships, and shared households, the kind of life stage where STI screening tends to fall behind everything else pressing for attention. Brooklyn Center's households run larger than the metro average, and with nearly three in five residents owning their homes, there's a genuine rootedness here, yet a meaningful share of renters are stretching a modest monthly rent across those same big households, leaving little slack in the budget or the calendar for health appointments that feel optional until they don't. That financial tightness matters because the under-35 crowd makes up a substantial portion of Brooklyn Center's population, and this is exactly the window when routine screening catches what might otherwise go unnoticed for months.
With nearly three-quarters of adults in the workforce and unemployment running above the regional norm, weekday clinic hours can be a real obstacle for people working hourly or shift jobs along CR 81 or out toward the Humboldt Industrial Area corridor. Several require a real drive, whether down University Avenue Northeast or further into Hennepin County, which means choosing a site with evening or weekend availability isn't a convenience, it's what actually makes the appointment happen for most people here.
Getting there
Brooklyn Center scores 12.65/20 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.
ZIP 55429 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 55429 area around Brooklyn Center: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Brooklyn Center alone.
Brooklyn Center sits in Hennepin County, ZIP 55429. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Brooklyn Center? 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 Hennepin County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Minnesota 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 Brooklyn Center-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 Brooklyn Center 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 |
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| 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Minnesota 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 MinnesotaSource: 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.
Yes, several local labs offer same-day walk-in testing; best to call first.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it, and public clinics are free either way.
Yes, free HIV testing is available at public clinics in the area.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Hennepin County reported ~634 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Minnesota average.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Minnesota, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
A positive means treatment is the next step; many STIs are cured with antibiotics, and all are treatable.
Your results are part of your HIPAA-protected medical record; you can ask any clinic about its own privacy practices.
Use condoms, test regularly, get the HPV and hep B vaccines, and ask about PrEP for HIV.
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