STD Testing in Clearwater, FL: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
New HIV diagnoses in Pinellas County run about 26% higher than the US average. Whether in Clearwater, Florida for a single check-up or regular STI screening, you have a choice between clinics that may bill insurance and private labs offering flat self-pay prices. Review options below.
11 testing options are listed for Clearwater, FL. The nearest, Quest Diagnostics, is about 1.2 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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Quest Diagnostics
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4.2(269)?
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Rated 4.2 out of 5 from 269 reviews
Address
1831 North Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 1.2 miles away
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CAN Community Health
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CAN Community Health in Clearwater requires appointments and covers HIV (rapid and conventional), hepatitis C, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing in a single visit, with bacterial STIs treated same day, on a sliding scale, and all services at no fee.
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Every Test, Every Visit, Zero Dollars
CAN Community Health charges nothing for any of its services: testing, treatment, prevention, or ongoing HIV and hepatitis C management. That zero-cost baseline means a patient can return for follow-up care, monitoring, or a medication refill without weighing the appointment against a bill.
Spanish Is a Full Clinical Language Here
Spanish-language care at CAN Community Health extends across the clinic's full scope, from HIV test counseling and STI treatment to PrEP initiation and hepatitis C management. Complex medication conversations, including DoxyPEP dosing and PrEP adherence, happen directly in Spanish, not relayed through a secondary channel.
PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP Without a Separate Referral Chain
Splitting PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP across separate providers creates gaps. Delayed starts, missed bridging doses, no one coordinating the full picture. CAN Community Health prescribes and manages all three, so the prevention strategy stays intact in one place rather than dissolving across multiple appointments.
Tests & treatsSliding-scalePrEPDoxyPEP
Address
2349 Sunset Point Road, Suite 405 Clearwater, FL 33765
Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County operates Clearwater's public health infrastructure for STI care: appointments required, sliding-scale fees apply to all, and the standard panel covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. Services extend in Spanish.
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Spanish-Language Care Is Staffed, Not Supplemented
STI care in Spanish at this department means clinical conversations, counseling, and follow-up are handled by Spanish-speaking staff. Not routed through an add-on service after the fact. Prescriptions, partner notification discussions, and prevention counseling all run in Spanish from the first appointment.
DoxyPEP Joins PrEP and PEP on the Menu
Many clinics prescribe PrEP and leave DoxyPEP off the table entirely, the antibiotic regimen that reduces bacterial STI risk after exposure. Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County carries all three: PrEP for ongoing HIV prevention, PEP for post-exposure HIV management, and DoxyPEP alongside both.
Hepatitis A, B, and C Testing Alongside the Core Panel
Because this is a full public health department, hepatitis A, B, and C antibody testing is ordered and processed within the same visit as the core STI panel. Not scheduled separately. Vaccines for hepatitis A and B are also available on-site, closing the loop between screening and prevention in a single appointment.
Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Community health center 2.6 miles
Evara Health - Milton Park
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Evara Health - Milton Park in Clearwater meets patients where they are (uninsured, between providers, or paying cash) through its federally qualified structure that ties fees to income. Sliding-scale STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with no appointment needed to get started.
Sliding-scale
Address
1260 South Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33756
Evara Health in Clearwater tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV, treating confirmed bacterial infections the same visit: with hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and HPV vaccines also available. Appointments are required, and every service is provided at no fee.
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Every Service Runs Without a Bill
Evara Health's standing policy covers the full visit (testing, same-visit bacterial treatment, vaccines, counseling) at no charge, regardless of how you pay. For anyone managing care without insurance or a regular provider, that means walking out with treatment in hand, not a cost calculation to finish at home.
Spanish Care Beyond the Waiting Room
Clinical conversations about STI history, symptoms, and treatment often get flattened when a clinic relies on ad hoc translation. At Evara Health in Clearwater, Spanish is a working language of care: carried through counseling, education, and the visit itself, not just the check-in desk.
Substance-Use Treatment Sits Inside STI Care
When substance-use treatment lives at a separate address, the gap between acknowledgment and actual care tends to widen. Appointments get missed, follow-through stalls. Evara Health in Clearwater holds both services, so the conversation that starts in an STI visit can continue without a second intake, a second referral chain, or a second waiting room.
Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Community health center 2.7 miles
Evara Health - Dunedin
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Evara Health - Dunedin, in Dunedin, welcomes walk-ins for STI screening without an appointment. Sliding-scale fees tied to income apply toward testing for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, making a single visit straightforward for anyone who needs it.
Evara Health - Countryside, in Clearwater, carries federal qualification as a community health center. Meaning its STI screening fees slide with your income, not a fixed price. Walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing, with no income bracket locked out of care.
METRO Clearwater, in Clearwater, earns its federally qualified standing by tying fees to income. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-in STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, and Ryan White-funded HIV care extends support to those already living with the virus.
Ryan White HIV careSliding-scale
Address
18167 US Highway 19 North, Suite 150, Clearwater, FL 33764
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 1 mile away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Clearwater, 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 Clearwater, FL
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Pinellas 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.
Florida Fertility Institute
2454 Mcmullen Booth Rd Suite 601, Clearwater, FL 33759
Showing 6 of the CLIA-certified labs in Pinellas County.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Clearwater. 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 Clearwater, FL who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 2,251 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Clearwater. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 637 offer telehealth.
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 Clearwater, FL
Compare the pharmacies closest to Clearwater, FL. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
1.0 mi
Rx pickupAt-home STI kitsHPV & Hep B vaccinesCondoms / EC
Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Clearwater, FL.
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 Clearwater, 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 Pinellas County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Pinellas County, the county that includes Clearwater, compare with Florida and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~23% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#29 of 67 Florida counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 57% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Pinellas County vs Florida vs U.S.
Pinellas CountyFloridaU.S.▲▼ = Pinellas County vs the state average
Infection
Pinellas County
Florida
United States
Chlamydia
440.64,237 cases▼ 12%
498.9
492.2
Gonorrhea
186.91,797 cases▼ 10%
206.7
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
37.5361 cases▲ 94%
19.3
15.8
Syphilis (early)
21.4206 cases▼ 15%
25.1
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
11.8113 cases▼ 69%
37.7
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.
Reported STD rates in Pinellas County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▲ 5% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Pinellas County, chlamydia has risen from 419.1 to 440.6 per 100,000 (5%), gonorrhea has risen from 173.5 to 186.9 per 100,000 (8%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 22.5 to 37.5 per 100,000 (67%).
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 Clearwater, FL
Adults uninsured
17.3%
No routine checkup
23.6%
Binge drinking
16.1%
Frequent mental distress
19.1%
Depression
20.9%
Below poverty line
22%
Primary-care ratio
1,095 : 1
Pinellas County
Primary-care shortage score 19 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 52.9
Social Vulnerability Index · 71st 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 Pinellas County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Pinellas County (2023)
Federal priority area: Pinellas County is one of 48 U.S. counties prioritized under the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative: targeted federal funding to expand local HIV testing, PrEP, and prevention.
People living with HIV
581 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
149cases countywide
On PrEP (coverage)
19.5%
Pinellas County HIV care continuum (2023)
Pinellas County recorded 17.3 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 22.7 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Pinellas County residents living with HIV, 81.6% know their status · 88.1% are in care · 78.6% 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 Pinellas 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 →
Clearwater's workforce runs lean enough that a meaningful share of adults aren't in a standard nine-to-five, and for those who are, SR 60 and US 19 are the arteries that determine whether an errand actually happens between shifts or gets quietly shelved. That scheduling reality shapes everything about getting tested here: a clinic that's reachable along Gulf to Bay Boulevard on a lunch break or after a school run is one people actually use. The city's renter population (a substantial portion of households, many of them paying rents that leave little slack in a monthly budget) skews younger and more mobile, exactly the demographic that sees the highest rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis in Pinellas County.
Just knowing it's there. " That's a question Clearwater's street grid, for once, makes reasonably easy to answer.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Clearwater, FL
Walkability13.72 / 20 · Above average
Clearwater scores 13.72/20 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.
Clearwater sits in Pinellas County. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Coachman Ridge Park
Cedar Groves
Charter Oaks Park
Cherry Harris Park
Charles Park
Atrium Park
Neighborhoods & communities
Sherwood Gardens
Hacienda Gardens Scientology Berthing
Alcove Park
Highland Park Apartments
Avana Coachman
Dunedin Commons Apartments
Town Place
Bay Park Apartments
Major routes
SR 60 (Gulf to Bay Boulevard)
US 19 Southbound Frontage Road
South Missouri Avenue
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near Clearwater, FL
Just outside Clearwater? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Clearwater, FL: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Pinellas County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Florida 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 Clearwater-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 Clearwater 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 FloridaMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on Florida 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 Florida, 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)
Florida 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.
