STD Testing in Culver City, CA: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
Chlamydia reported in Los Angeles County runs about 22% higher than the US average. Maybe you're testing before starting a new relationship or as part of ongoing care, in Culver City, California. Weigh your wishes for low-cost or free care against speed and scheduling. We list your options below.
11 testing options are listed for Culver City, CA. The nearest, Via Care West LA College, is about 0.6 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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Labcorp
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3.3(47)?
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Rated 3.3 out of 5 from 47 reviews
Address
3831 Hughes Avenue, Culver City, CA 90232 1.2 miles away
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Community health center 0.6 miles
Via Care West LA College
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Via Care West LA College, in Culver City, welcomes walk-in patients to its federally qualified health center without requiring an appointment. A single visit can cover sliding-scale STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with fees adjusted to income on a standard sliding-scale schedule.
Westside Family Health Center in Culver City tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid HIV, herpes, and hepatitis on a sliding-scale fee open to everyone; bacterial infections are treated the same visit, and appointments are required. Care is delivered directly in Cambodian/Khmer, Spanish, and Tagalog.
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Herpes and Hepatitis Are on the Panel
Plenty of STI clinics test for HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis, and stop there. Westside Family Health Center also tests for herpes, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, which means infections that would otherwise go undetected at a narrower clinic get caught here instead.
Title X Confidentiality Covers Minors Specifically
Westside Family Health Center operates under Title X, which grants minors legally confidential access to family planning and STI services. No parental billing trail, no insurance explanation of benefits sent home. For a teenager without a regular provider, or one paying out of pocket, that legal protection is the difference between getting tested and not.
Khmer, Spanish, and Tagalog Are Spoken Here
When a diagnosis or treatment plan has to pass through a language barrier, the stakes at Westside Family Health Center get concrete fast: a misunderstood dosing instruction, a partner-notification conversation that doesn't land, a follow-up appointment that never gets made. Cambodian/Khmer, Spanish, and Tagalog are spoken directly by staff, keeping those gaps from opening.
Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Community health center 1.2 miles
Complete Care Community Health Center-Culver City
3.1(28)?
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Rated 3.1 out of 5 from 28 reviews
Complete Care Community Health Center-Culver City meets residents who are between providers, paying out of pocket, or working with limited income by offering federally qualified sliding-scale STI screening (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) with fees tied to what patients actually earn.
Sliding-scale
Address
3831 Hughes Avenue, Suite 601, Culver City, CA 90232
Venice Family Clinic - Lou Colen Children's Health and Wellness Center
4.5(12)?
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 from 12 reviews
Venice Family Clinic - Lou Colen Children's Health and Wellness Center in Los Angeles welcomes walk-in patients for STI screening under a federally qualified sliding-scale fee structure. A single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing, with fees adjusted to income so cost stays proportional to what each patient earns.
Sliding-scale
Address
4700 Inglewood Blvd Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90230
Achievable Health Lovelace Center in Culver City structures its fees on a sliding scale tied to income, so cost alone won't keep anyone from being seen. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. No appointment needed.
Sliding-scale
Address
200 Corporate Pointe, Suite 50, Culver City, CA 90230
The Achievable Foundation in Culver City welcomes walk-in patients, no appointment needed, at this federally qualified health center, where sliding-scale fees adjust to income. A single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening, with costs determined by what you can pay.
Sliding-scale
Address
5901 Green Valley Circle, Suite 405, Culver City, CA 90230
Venice Family Clinic - Irma Colen Administration Suite
2.8(90)?
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Rated 2.8 out of 5 from 90 reviews
Venice Family Clinic - Irma Colen Administration Suite, Los Angeles, welcomes walk-ins for STI screening without an appointment. Backed by federal FQHC funding, it extends sliding-scale fees tied to income, covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing in a single visit.
Sliding-scale
Address
12099 West Washington Blvd Suite 304, Los Angeles, CA 90066
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 less than a mile away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Culver 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 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 Culver City, CA
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Los Angeles 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.
Southern California Hospital AT Culver City
3828 Delmas Terrace, Culver City, CA 90232
CMS-certified labAccredited · College of American Pathologists
Showing 5 of the CLIA-certified labs in Los Angeles County.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Culver 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
Clinicians near Culver City, CA who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 7,041 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Culver City. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 2,819 offer telehealth.
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Mary Norman, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 10458 Culver Boulevard, Culver 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
Pharmacies near Culver City, CA
Compare the pharmacies closest to Culver City, CA. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
Showing the 4 closest pharmacies to Culver City, CA.
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 Culver 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.
PrEP & DoxyPEP
Q Care Plus
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
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 Los Angeles County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Los Angeles County, the county that includes Culver City, compare with California and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~22% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#6 of 58 California counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 90% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Los Angeles County vs California vs U.S.
Los Angeles CountyCaliforniaU.S.▲▼ = Los Angeles County vs the state average
Infection
Los Angeles County
California
United States
Chlamydia
602.358,200 cases▲ 23%
491.1
492.2
Gonorrhea
291.828,195 cases▲ 53%
190.2
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
21.62,085 cases▲ 33%
16.3
15.8
Syphilis (early)
33.13,198 cases▲ 73%
19.1
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
50.24,848 cases▲ 7%
46.7
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 Los Angeles County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▲ 2% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Los Angeles County, chlamydia has risen from 529.6 to 602.3 per 100,000 (14%), gonorrhea has risen from 259.8 to 291.8 per 100,000 (12%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 22.6 to 21.6 per 100,000 (4%).
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 Culver City, CA
Adults uninsured
5.6%
No routine checkup
28.1%
No transportation
6.2%
Binge drinking
17.5%
Frequent mental distress
14.8%
Depression
20.2%
Below poverty line
9.4%
Primary-care ratio
1,326 : 1
Los Angeles County
Primary-care shortage score 21 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 47.9
Social Vulnerability Index · 86th 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 Los Angeles County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Los Angeles County (2023)
Federal priority area: Los Angeles 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
622 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
1,627cases countywide
On PrEP (coverage)
30%
Los Angeles County HIV care continuum (2023)
Los Angeles County recorded 19.6 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 14.9 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Los Angeles County residents living with HIV, 91.6% know their status · 72.8% are in care · 65.2% 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 Los Angeles 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 →
Fox Hills draws a notable mix of working households, many of them renters managing nearly nineteen hundred dollars a month in typical rent alongside the commuter grind that comes with living close to the I-405 corridor. With close to half of Culver City residents renting rather than owning, and almost three in four adults in the workforce, schedules here tend to be dense, squeezed between Jefferson Boulevard traffic and jobs that don't leave much room for midday appointments. That reality matters most for people in their late teens and twenties, the years when STI transmission runs highest and testing is most easily postponed.
Culver City's young adult population is a real slice of the city, not a footnote, and for anyone juggling rent, a job, and a commute, anything that adds steps or distance to getting screened tends to get skipped. About half of households here clear six figures, but that still leaves a broad range of financial situations, and out-of-pocket costs can quietly determine whether someone books an appointment or puts it off. That range, rather than a single inconveniently scheduled clinic, is what makes routine screening achievable for a city this busy.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Culver City, CA
Walkability15.27 / 20 · Most walkable
Culver City scores 15.27/20 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 90230 snapshot
Residents
31,570
Median age
40.6
Median income
$106,827
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 90230 area around Culver City: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Culver City alone.
Culver City sits in Los Angeles County, ZIP 90230. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Wende Museum of the Cold War
Pann's Coffee Shop
Randy’s Donuts
Beverly Canon Gardens
Petersen Automotive Museum
Kuruvungna Springs
Neighborhoods & communities
Sunkist Park
Fox Hills
Downtown Culver City
Palms
Hayden Tract
Del Rey
Castle Heights
Culver Garden
Major routes
Jefferson Boulevard
Sepulveda Boulevard
I 405 (San Diego Freeway)
Venice Boulevard
West Slauson Avenue
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near Culver City, CA
Just outside Culver City? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Culver City, CA: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Los Angeles County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under California 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 Culver City-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 Culver 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.
Confidentiality & consent in CaliforniaMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on California 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 California, a minor aged 12 or older can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Can my partner be treated too? (EPT)
California 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.
