Gonorrhea in Waukesha County runs about 84% lower than the US average. Whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, consider the cost: clinics may bill insurance or offer sliding-scale fees, while many private labs let you pay a flat self-pay price. Browse your options below.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for Menomonee Falls, WI. The nearest, ACL Laboratories, is about 1.5 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.
Milwaukee Health Services in Milwaukee keeps every service (testing for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B and C, and TB) free or on a sliding scale, with Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance accepted; an appointment is required for same-visit bacterial STI treatment.
For anyone navigating STI care without a regular provider (or paying out of pocket for medication, labs, and follow-up) Milwaukee Health Services absorbs that burden by making its full fee schedule free or sliding-scale. Sliding scale applies to everyone who walks through the door, and HIV testing is explicitly free.
Without interpretation woven into the visit itself, a diagnosis can stall into an untreated gap. The prescription misunderstood, the follow-up missed. Milwaukee Health Services provides interpretation services for non-English languages on-site, so counseling, medication adherence education, and treatment decisions all happen in the same appointment.
Milwaukee Health Services prescribes and monitors both PrEP and PEP internally: meaning the prescribing provider, adherence counseling, and follow-up labs are coordinated through a single clinical relationship rather than handed off. Medication adherence education is embedded in the care model, keeping PrEP effective over the long term.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
WellPoint Care Network, Milwaukee, earned federal qualification as a community health center, which means every patient's fees for STI screening (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) adjust to their income. No appointment is needed to start that process, and sliding-scale pricing applies regardless of insurance status.
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Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin in Milwaukee pairs STI testing (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and rapid HIV) with full family planning on a sliding-scale fee, appointment-based visits, and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, with interpretation services extending that care across languages.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin makes interpretation services available for non-English-language speakers at every appointment, meaning clinical conversations about testing, treatment, and prevention medications happen in the language a person uses. Not summarized afterward through a secondary contact.
As a Title X family planning site, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin in Milwaukee provides legally confidential services for minors. A federal designation that limits disclosure independent of insurance or parental billing, making it a structurally distinct protection rather than a clinic policy.
For anyone without a primary care provider who prescribes HIV or bacterial STI prevention, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin holds standing prescribing capability for PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP. All three prevention medications available through the same appointment, without a separate referral chain.
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee pairs same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs with a panel that reaches herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C alongside the standard four; fees run on a sliding scale with Medicaid and insurance accepted. Appointments are required. Spanish-language care is available.
Skipping herpes or hepatitis testing often means a second appointment at a separate lab, a gap in the record, and conditions left unaddressed while waiting. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin runs herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C testing alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. Closing that gap in a single visit.
For someone whose primary language is Spanish (navigating a new diagnosis, weighing treatment options, or managing medication) Children's Hospital of Wisconsin delivers that care directly in Spanish, from the clinical conversation through counseling, without relay or delay.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Infectious Disease Specialists of Southeastern Wisconsin in Brookfield runs by appointment, with sliding-scale fees covering HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB testing: same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, plus PrEP and PEP on-site.
For anyone whose exposure history spans more than the basic four infections, Infectious Disease Specialists of Southeastern Wisconsin tests for herpes, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB in addition to gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. All within a single appointment rather than split across multiple providers.
Anyone managing hepatitis C without a regular specialist finds that Infectious Disease Specialists of Southeastern Wisconsin carries treatment through to completion on-site, diagnosis and the medication that clears the infection handled by the same clinical team, no separate referral required.
Infectious Disease Specialists of Southeastern Wisconsin prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, meaning ongoing HIV prevention is built into the practice's standing care. Patients establish with a team that manages prevention and, if needed, HIV treatment without switching providers.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
C. H. Mason Health Clinic in Milwaukee carries federal qualification as a community health center, which means STI screening costs are tied to a patient's income through a sliding-scale fee structure. Walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing without needing an appointment first.
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Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee requires appointments and covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB in a single visit: bacterial STIs treated same day, sliding-scale fees applied across the board, with HPV and hepatitis vaccines and HIV counseling available.
Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee maintains interpretation services across its STI care, meaning a patient working through a complex exposure history or weighing a PrEP regimen gets that conversation in their own language, not a simplified version of it. For anyone without a regular English-speaking advocate, that distinction shapes what care is actually possible.
Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee is Ryan White-funded, which means HIV care doesn't stop at a positive test. The same program that covers testing underwrites ongoing medical treatment and management, so patients aren't handed off to a separate funding maze to continue care.
Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee prescribes and monitors all three prevention medications: PrEP requires regular HIV and kidney-function labs, which are run on-site; PEP is initiated and followed through its 28-day course; and DoxyPEP, doxycycline taken after potential bacterial STI exposure, is prescribed with clinical guidance on timing and dosing.
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Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
City of Milwaukee Health Department brings public health infrastructure directly to bear on STI care in Milwaukee: rapid HIV testing, the standard bacterial panel, herpes testing, same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, and walk-in access, all at no fee.
Whether you're paying entirely out of pocket or simply have no regular provider to bill, City of Milwaukee Health Department covers the full visit (testing, treatment, and counseling) without charging anything. No sliding scale to qualify for, no fee at checkout: every service is free outright.
Without on-site language support, a patient leaves Milwaukee Health Department with instructions they may not fully act on. Doses missed, partners not notified, follow-up skipped. Spanish services and interpretation for other languages close that gap at the point of care, so nothing gets lost between the test and the treatment.
Skipping herpes testing means a common infection goes undiagnosed, and untreated, until someone books a separate appointment elsewhere and pays for it twice. City of Milwaukee Health Department adds herpes to its panel alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid HIV, so a single visit captures what a narrower panel would leave unresolved.
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Listing verified Sep 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 2 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Menomonee Falls, 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 range: couples & full panels
$79 & 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 Waukesha 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.
W180 N8085 Town Hall Road, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
W129 N7055 Northfield Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
W180 N8000 Town Hall Road, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
CMS-certified lab
W129 N7055 Northfield Drive, 1st Floor, Room 1064, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
CMS-certified lab
N88 W14275 Main Street, Suite 100, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Showing the nearest 5 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Menomonee Falls. 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, 1,442 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Menomonee Falls. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 451 offer telehealth.
Michael Scerpella, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · W180N8000 Town Hall Road, Menomonee Falls
Bridget Sullivan, MD
Family medicine · W180 N8065 Town Hall Road, Menomonee Falls
David Letzer, DO Telehealth
Infectious disease · W180N8071 Town Hall Road, Menomonee Falls
Christopher Stoming, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · W180N8085 Town Hall Road, Menomonee Falls
Whitney Hoffmann, DO
Internal medicine · N84W17049 Menomonee Avenue, Menomonee Falls
Janell Schulteis-Wilson, MD
Family medicine · N84 W16889 Menomonee Avenue, Menomonee Falls
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 Menomonee Falls, WI 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.
Froedtert Health Pharmacy
1.1 miAurora Pharmacy
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1.7 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Menomonee Falls, WI.
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 Menomonee Falls, 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
$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
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 Waukesha County, the county that includes Menomonee Falls, compare with Wisconsin 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.
#45 of 72 Wisconsin counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 38% of the state
| Infection | Waukesha County | Wisconsin | United States |
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| Chlamydia | 173.5 716 cases ▼ 59% | 422.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 29.3 121 cases ▼ 75% | 118.5 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 3.2 13 cases ▼ 65% | 9.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 2.7 11 cases ▼ 56% | 6.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 3.2 13 cases ▼ 78% | 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 Waukesha County, chlamydia has fallen from 182.3 to 173.5 per 100,000 (5%), gonorrhea has fallen from 50.1 to 29.3 per 100,000 (42%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 3.4 to 3.2 per 100,000 (6%).
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 Waukesha County.
Local HIV snapshot
Waukesha County HIV care continuum (2023)
Waukesha County recorded 3.1 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 5.1 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Waukesha County residents living with HIV, 87.1% are in care · 82.8% 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 Waukesha County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Along Appleton Avenue, where modest apartment complexes sit tucked between the strip malls and subdivisions radiating out from Village Centre, monthly rent runs just over a thousand dollars. Reasonable by metro Milwaukee standards, but still the kind of fixed cost that makes a $150 out-of-pocket clinic visit feel optional rather than urgent. For the roughly one-in-four households here who rent rather than own, that calculation is real: when the budget is already stretched against a lease, an appointment without a clear price tag is easy to defer. That dynamic matters most for younger adults, people in their late teens and twenties moving through new relationships, because those are the years when STI exposure is statistically most concentrated, and also the years when financial margin is thinnest.
Menomonee Falls skews toward established, married households with school-age children, which shapes the community's sense of itself, but it doesn't erase the share of residents who are earlier in that arc. The options listed on this page vary in cost and sliding-scale availability, so checking fees before you drive out on Appleton Avenue or Good Hope Road saves both time and the surprise of a bill. The clinics near Village Centre and along the WI 175 corridor tend to be the most reachable, worth filtering by distance before committing to the drive.
Getting there
At 8.64/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Menomonee Falls 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 53051 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 53051 area around Menomonee Falls: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Menomonee Falls alone.
Menomonee Falls sits in Waukesha County, ZIP 53051. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Menomonee Falls? 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 Waukesha County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Wisconsin 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 Menomonee Falls-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 Menomonee Falls 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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Wisconsin 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 WisconsinSource: 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.
Public clinics serve people without insurance, often on a sliding scale.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Waukesha County reported ~174 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Wisconsin average.
In Wisconsin, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
Usually urine or a swab for chlamydia/gonorrhea, and blood for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis.
Chlamydia and gonorrhea show up about 1–2 weeks after exposure, syphilis 3–6 weeks, and HIV 2–6 weeks depending on the test.
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