New HIV diagnoses in Anoka County run about 46% lower than the US average. Whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, you have your choice of local clinics and private labs. Clinics may bill insurance or offer sliding-scale fees, while many private labs let you pay a flat self-pay price. Below, explore your options.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Lino Lakes, MN. The nearest, Entira Family Clinics, is about 3.5 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.
Entira Family Clinics in Hugo tests for HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs on a sliding-scale fee structure, and conducts care in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, and Haitian Creole.
Deaf patients and those whose primary language is Chinese, French, or Haitian Creole can have every clinical conversation (history, results, counseling) conducted directly in that language by staff, without relay services mediating the exchange. That standing capability shapes who can realistically use this clinic as their regular STI care provider.
Entira prescribes and manages both PrEP, typically daily oral tenofovir-based regimens, and PEP within its own clinical staff, meaning the prescribing, follow-up lab monitoring, and adherence counseling all run through the same appointment structure rather than requiring a separate specialist relationship.
Diagnosis alone leaves patients to navigate treatment elsewhere, a gap that often stalls care entirely. Entira Family Clinics in Hugo closes that gap by carrying hepatitis C treatment on-site alongside hepatitis B treatment, so a confirmed diagnosis leads directly to a treatment plan within the same practice.
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American Sign Language, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Allina Health in Blaine runs STI testing through an appointment-based model that pairs same-visit treatment for bacterial infections (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis) with a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance, including care delivered in Spanish.
Spanish-speaking care at most STI clinics runs through a workaround, a patched-together handoff that keeps the clinical relationship at arm's length. At Allina Health in Blaine, Spanish is built into the visit itself, letting the full medical conversation happen directly between patient and provider without a gap in the middle.
STI clinics routinely treat the infection and send patients elsewhere to address anything tangled up with it. Allina Health in Blaine brings substance-use treatment into the same clinical relationship, so the factors that complicate sexual health can be worked on concurrently, not deferred to a separate system.
Leaving Allina Health in Blaine without answers on herpes or hepatitis A and B means booking a second appointment somewhere else, another wait, another intake, another gap where something goes unmanaged. The panel here includes herpes and hepatitis A and B testing alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, so the picture is complete the first time.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Neighborhood HealthSource in Coon Rapids runs on a sliding-scale fee with Medicaid and insurance accepted, covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV. Plus HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccines and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. Appointments are required.
Without on-site Spanish and interpretation access, a language barrier becomes a missed appointment, a misunderstood diagnosis, or a treatment plan that never gets followed. At Neighborhood HealthSource, Spanish-speaking staff and interpretation services are part of the visit itself, so medication adherence counseling and STI prevention education land clearly, the first time.
Leaving herpes off a panel means a separate appointment, a separate lab, and days or weeks of uncertainty about a condition that affects how partners are protected. Neighborhood HealthSource tests for herpes alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. One visit, one complete picture.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Nucleus Clinic in Coon Rapids tests for HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C on a sliding-scale fee; insurance and Medicaid are accepted. Same-visit treatment is available for bacterial STIs, and appointments are required.
Leaving herpes or hepatitis B off a test order means returning to a second clinic, scheduling a separate appointment, and absorbing that cost again. Nucleus Clinic runs all seven (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C) in a single visit, so nothing gets deferred.
When a result, a treatment plan, or a prevention conversation has to pass through translation friction, details get lost and next steps go unfinished. Nucleus Clinic in Coon Rapids delivers STI care directly in Spanish, keeping the clinical conversation intact from first question to final prescription.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Planned Parenthood North Central States in Little Canada runs on a sliding scale open to everyone, accepts Medicaid and most insurance, and tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV, rapid or conventional, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. Appointments required.
Planned Parenthood North Central States provides interpretation services directly within appointments for non-English speakers, not arranged separately after booking, but built into the care delivery itself. That means clinical conversations about diagnoses, treatment regimens, and prevention options happen in the language a patient uses, at the same visit.
As a Title X-funded site, Planned Parenthood North Central States is legally required to keep services for minors confidential. A federal protection, not a policy preference. Family planning, STI testing, and treatment for patients under 18 are documented and billed in ways that do not flow to a parent's insurance explanation of benefits.
For anyone who needs ongoing HIV prevention medication but lacks a primary care physician, Planned Parenthood North Central States prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP directly. No outside referral required to initiate or continue either medication. That standing capability makes it a practical first stop for cash-paying patients or those navigating coverage gaps.
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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 4 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Lino Lakes, 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 range: couples & full panels
$79 & 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 Anoka 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.
14701 Victor Hugo Boulevard North, Hugo, MN 55038
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
576 Apollo Drive, Lino Lakes, MN 55014
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
14701 Victor Hugo Boulevard, Hugo, MN 55038
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
14688 Everton Avenue North, Hugo, MN 55038
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
14712 Victor Hugo Boulevard, Hugo, MN 55038
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Lino Lakes. 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, 2,754 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Lino Lakes. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 1,111 offer telehealth.
Bethel Averbeck Telehealth
Internal medicine · 576 Apollo Drive, Lino Lakes
Julie Zimmerman, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 14701 Victor Hugo Boulevard North, Hugo
Jeffrey Elbers, MD
Family medicine · 14688 Everton Avenue North, Hugo
Sarah Masrud, MD
Family medicine · 4181 108th Avenue Northeast, Blaine
Dean Quaranta, MD
Family medicine · 4181 108th Avenue Northeast, Blaine
Erica Bowen, DO
Family medicine · 480 Hwy 96 East, Vadnais Heights
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 Lino Lakes, 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.
1.6 mi Fairview Pharmacy Services
3.2 mi
3.7 mi Cub Pharmacy
3.9 mi
3.9 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Lino Lakes, 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 Lino Lakes, 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.
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
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 Anoka County, the county that includes Lino Lakes, compare with Minnesota 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.
#11 of 87 Minnesota counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 87% of the state
| Infection | Anoka County | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 326 1,214 cases ▼ 14% | 379.5 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 99.6 371 cases ▼ 26% | 134.5 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 5.4 20 cases ▼ 38% | 8.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 4.6 17 cases ▼ 31% | 6.7 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 7.5 28 cases ▼ 49% | 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 Anoka County, chlamydia has risen from 318 to 326 per 100,000 (3%), gonorrhea has fallen from 154.7 to 99.6 per 100,000 (36%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 4.9 to 5.4 per 100,000 (10%).
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 Anoka County.
Local HIV snapshot
Anoka County HIV care continuum (2023)
Anoka County recorded 7.4 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 6.7 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Anoka County residents living with HIV, 78.9% are in care · 63.8% 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 Anoka County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Pheasant Hills Park sits at the center of a community built largely around families who own their homes and have put down roots here for the long term. With three-person-plus households common and most adults partnered, health decisions in Lino Lakes tend to be made in the context of shared lives and shared schedules, which makes timing matter. A labor-force participation rate that draws nearly three quarters of residents into regular work means that weekdays fill up fast, and that a testing appointment needs to fit around commutes and school pickups, not the other way around.
That schedule pressure lands unevenly on younger adults, the late teens and twenties crowd whose years of forming new relationships happen to coincide with the window when STI transmission is most concentrated. Anoka County's STI picture underscores why routine screening is worth treating as ordinary rather than optional, and why the distance from CH 23 out to a clinic matters when someone is weighing whether to actually go.
Getting there
At 7.49/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Lino Lakes 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 55014 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 55014 area around Lino Lakes: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Lino Lakes alone.
Lino Lakes sits in Anoka County, ZIP 55014. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Lino Lakes? 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 Anoka 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 Lino Lakes-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 Lino Lakes 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 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.
The closest is Entira Family Clinics (3.5 mi); 9 options are within 30 miles.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing, and public clinics test for free regardless of coverage.
Yes, public clinics in the area offer free or low-cost 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 326 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Minnesota average.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 55014; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In Minnesota, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
The CDC doesn't advise routine herpes testing without symptoms; if you have a sore, a swab of it is the most accurate test.
It's cured with antibiotics; treating partners together prevents reinfection.
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