Syphilis reports in Los Angeles County are about 37% higher than the national average, so consider your testing options in Hermosa Beach, California whether you need testing after possible exposure or as part of routine care. Community and public clinics often provide low-cost or free testing, while private labs tend to offer faster results and more flexible scheduling. Find more options below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Hermosa Beach, CA. The nearest, Quest Diagnostics, is about 1.3 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.
Venice Family Clinic - Allcove, in Redondo Beach, anchors its STI care in a sliding-scale fee structure tied to income. Meaning cost adjusts to what patients can actually pay. Walk-ins are welcome for screening that covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
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Venice Family Clinic in Redondo Beach requires an appointment and runs gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, chlamydia, and HIV testing alongside same-visit treatment for confirmed bacterial infections: all on a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. Care is delivered in Hindi and Spanish.
Venice Family Clinic's panel extends to herpes in addition to gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. Meaning a single appointment produces results across five infections rather than four. That fifth test matters because herpes is frequently excluded from standard panels without a specific request.
Both Hindi and Spanish are staffed languages at Venice Family Clinic in Redondo Beach: meaning providers conduct exams, review results, and explain treatment directly in either language. Prescriptions are discussed and counseling is carried out in the same clinical conversation, without switching modes for the medical detail.
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English, Hindi, Spanish
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Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Urgent Care Center of South Bay in Torrance bills Medicare and major insurance for STI testing, no sliding-scale or Title X subsidy, so out-of-pocket costs apply without coverage. The panel covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB, with walk-ins welcome and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Planned Parenthood los Angeles in Lawndale tests for gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, chlamydia, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee with no appointment required, treating bacterial infections the same visit and offering HPV and hepatitis B vaccines alongside Spanish-language and interpretation-supported care.
Spanish is a working clinical language at this location, providers communicate directly in Spanish rather than relying solely on intermediary services. For languages beyond Spanish, trained interpretation is coordinated into the visit itself, so medical history, treatment options, and follow-up instructions are conveyed with the same precision as any other appointment.
As a Title X-funded site, Planned Parenthood los Angeles in Lawndale operates under federal family planning regulations that legally protect the confidentiality of services provided to minors. This is a structural feature of the funding designation, not a discretionary policy. That means a minor's STI testing, treatment, and contraceptive care are handled under a framework with defined legal standing.
Many clinics screen for HIV risk but leave patients to chase a prescriber elsewhere for PrEP or PEP. Planned Parenthood los Angeles in Lawndale writes those prescriptions directly, meaning PrEP initiation, including the baseline labs required to start, and PEP are handled by the same clinical team doing the testing.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Yehowa Medical Services in Torrance meets patients who are paying out of pocket, between providers, or working with limited income. Wherever they land financially. Federally qualified status means fees adjust to what people can actually pay. Walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening.
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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 1 mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Hermosa Beach, 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 value: single tests
$49 & up
Best for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 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.
5525 West Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90056
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
870 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90038
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
9730 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 213, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Hermosa Beach. 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, 7,388 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Hermosa Beach. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 2,970 offer telehealth.
Kalpana Hool, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 705 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach
Maliha Khan, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 705 Pier Ave A, Hermosa Beach
Roger Hartman, MD
Internal medicine · 400 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Manhattan Beach
Peter Georgio, MD
Family medicine · 400 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Manhattan Beach
John Young, DO
Family medicine · 2110 Artesia Boulevard, Redondo Beach
Lewis Wong, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 520 North Prospect Avenue, Redondo Beach
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 Hermosa Beach, CA 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.
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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 Hermosa Beach, 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 $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
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 Los Angeles County, the county that includes Hermosa Beach, compare with California and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~24% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#6 of 58 California counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 90% of the state
| Infection | Los Angeles County | California | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 602.3 58,200 cases ▲ 23% | 491.1 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 291.8 28,195 cases ▲ 53% | 190.2 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 21.6 2,085 cases ▲ 33% | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 33.1 3,198 cases ▲ 73% | 19.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 50.2 4,848 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.
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
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
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.
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.
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).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Pacific Coast Highway keeps Hermosa Beach stitched to the clinics listed on this page, most of them reachable in a short drive north toward Manhattan Beach or south past Redondo Beach. That accessibility matters, because navigating it on top of a demanding week is its own consideration: with nearly two-thirds of households earning well above six figures yet over half of residents renting at rates that push $2,200 a month, time and competing financial priorities shape how people prioritize their health calendar.
The city's younger adults, people through their late teens and into their late twenties, are the group most likely to benefit from straightforward, low-cost access to STI screening. Los Angeles County's STI rates carry real weight here, and the options listed on this page offer extended or weekend hours that don't require burning a vacation day or skipping a shift, relevant in a place where labor-force participation runs exceptionally high and most households have at least one earner working full schedules.
Hermosa Beach leans toward smaller households and a notably high share of married adults, but relationship transitions, new partners, and the plain reality of annual health maintenance apply across all those structures. Whether someone is renting a place near Hill Section or owns along the quieter residential streets closer to Valley Park, routine screening fits the same way any other health appointment does: it gets scheduled, and then it gets done.
Getting there
Hermosa Beach scores 17.94/20 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 90254 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 90254 area around Hermosa Beach: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Hermosa Beach alone.
Hermosa Beach sits in Los Angeles County, ZIP 90254. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Hermosa Beach? 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 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.
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 Hermosa Beach-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 Hermosa Beach 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 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).
In California, a minor aged 12 or older can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
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.
Learn more about confidential STD testing in CaliforniaSource: 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, Torrance, CA is close; compare it by distance against Quest Diagnostics.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
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 602 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the California average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In California, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
With consistent treatment, HIV can become undetectable in the blood, and undetectable means it can't be sexually transmitted (U=U).
The HPV vaccine guards against the cancer- and wart-causing types; ask a provider if you're still eligible.
Public health clinics, family-planning clinics, and many school or campus health centers test teens and young adults, often free.
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