Reported chlamydia in Missoula County runs about 39% lower than the US average. Whether you're testing before starting a new relationship or as part of ongoing care in Missoula County, Montana, consider your options: public clinics keep costs down, but private labs prioritize speed, and at-home kits trade a clinic visit for convenience. Look below to see what's available.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Missoula, MT. The nearest, Partnership Health Center at the Missoula Food Bank and Community Center, is about 0.2 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.
Partnership Health Center at the Missoula Food Bank and Community Center earns its FQHC designation partly by charging fees scaled to what patients actually earn, no one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins can access syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening without an appointment.
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Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula anchors STI care within a family planning framework, pairing the standard bacterial, viral, and hepatitis panel with sliding-scale fees and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. Appointments are required.
Without on-site Spanish services, a patient navigates an extra layer. A delayed follow-up, a missed nuance in treatment instructions, an untreated infection that compounds. Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula closes that gap with Spanish-speaking staff and interpretation for other languages, so clinical conversation happens at full fidelity.
Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula manages PrEP and PEP prescriptions in-clinic: meaning the baseline HIV and kidney labs, the prescription itself, and the ongoing monitoring visits all run through the same care team. Uninsured patients have a dedicated PrEP assistance pathway so cost doesn't interrupt the regimen.
Clinics running a basic panel stop at gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV: leaving herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C off the table without a separate referral. Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula tests for all of them, including a TB screen, so a single appointment produces a genuinely complete picture.
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Listing verified Nov 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Partnership Health Center in Missoula tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, HIV, and hepatitis A, B, and C, and treats bacterial infections the same visit. Fees run on a sliding scale accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. An appointment is required; PrEP and DoxyPEP are available.
Partnership Health Center prescribes PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP under one roof, which means a single appointment can establish an ongoing prevention regimen rather than splitting that conversation across separate providers. That continuity makes it easier to stay current as your circumstances change.
Many clinics identify a hepatitis C infection and hand the management off elsewhere. Partnership Health Center in Missoula carries that care through to treatment on-site, so a reactive result doesn't begin a separate search for a specialist willing to take the case.
Leaving herpes or hepatitis off the panel means a second appointment at a different facility, and in the gap between, an infection goes unaddressed. Partnership Health Center's panel covers those alongside the bacterial STIs, so one visit accounts for what a narrower screen would leave open.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Open Aid Alliance in Missoula runs entirely on walk-in access: no appointment needed to reach gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid HIV testing, same-visit bacterial treatment, and harm reduction services, all provided at no fee.
Every test, treatment, and prevention service at Open Aid Alliance is free, which means the decision to come back for follow-up care, pick up condoms, or access needle exchange carries exactly the same financial weight as the first visit: none.
Open Aid Alliance tests for hepatitis C, including a rapid option, alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, so a single visit produces a clearer picture of bloodborne and sexually transmitted exposure than the basic four-infection panel alone.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Missoula City-County Health Dept (Partnership Health Center) in Missoula earns its federally qualified status by tying fees to income, no one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins can access sliding-scale STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia without an appointment.
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Planned Parenthood of Missoula pairs STI testing (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and rapid or conventional HIV) with full family planning services on a sliding-scale fee, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and HPV vaccination available by appointment.
Herpes testing is included alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, which means a single visit can account for infections that a narrower panel would leave unexamined. That completeness changes what a patient actually walks away knowing.
As a Title X clinic, Planned Parenthood of Missoula provides legally confidential family planning and STI services to minors: meaning a young person's visit, results, and treatment are not disclosed to a parent or guardian without their consent.
Interpretation services are available for non-English speakers, so the conversation between a patient and clinician (history, results, treatment plan) can happen with full clarity rather than approximation.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Gay Health Task Force in Missoula requires an appointment, so scheduling ahead unlocks a focused visit covering syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV screening in one sitting. Fees follow a federal income-based sliding scale, making that single appointment workable for people across the full income range.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Providence Montana in Missoula extends federally backed STI care to patients paying out of pocket, between insurance plans, or working with limited incomes. Appointments are required, and fees follow a sliding scale tied to income. Screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · 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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Missoula, 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 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 Missoula 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.
3885 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59808
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
500 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
2620 Connery Way, Missoula, MT 59808
CMS-certified lab
500 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802
CMS-certified lab
3075 North Reserve, Suite Q, Missoula, MT 59808
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Showing the nearest 5 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Missoula. 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, 115 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Missoula. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 41 offer telehealth.
Atarah Sidey, MD
Family medicine · 1720 Wyoming Street, Missoula
Jennifer Mayo, MD
OB-GYN · 601 West Spruce Street, Missoula
David Chess, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 3010 Santa Fe Court, Missoula
Anthony Puopolo, MD
Family medicine · 3010 Santa Fe Court, Missoula
Laura Shelton, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 500 West Broadway Street, Missoula
Nicole Pressman-Schneider, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 500 West Broadway Street, Missoula
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 Missoula, MT 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.
Shields
0.3 mi406 Clinic Pharmacy
0.4 miSavmor Drug I
0.6 miYokes Food
0.8 miCredena Health
1.0 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Missoula, MT.
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 Missoula, 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
$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
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 Missoula County, the county that includes Missoula, compare with Montana and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~37% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#15 of 56 Montana counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 73% of the state
| Infection | Missoula County | Montana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 301.2 367 cases ▼ 7% | 322.6 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 52.5 64 cases ▼ 22% | 67.7 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 4.9 6 cases ▼ 82% | 27.5 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 8.2 10 cases ▼ 34% | 12.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 5.7 7 cases ▼ 79% | 27.2 | 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 Missoula County, chlamydia has fallen from 378.2 to 301.2 per 100,000 (20%), gonorrhea has fallen from 106.9 to 52.5 per 100,000 (51%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 3.4 to 4.9 per 100,000 (44%).
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 Missoula County.
Local HIV snapshot
Missoula County HIV care continuum (2021)
Missoula County recorded 5.7 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2021), against 3 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Missoula County residents living with HIV, 87.9% are in care · 83.9% 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 Missoula County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
River Road and the Westside fill up each August with people signing new leases, stacking furniture on porches, and figuring out which stretch of North Reserve Street gets them to work fastest. Most households here rent rather than own, and at typical Missoula rents, monthly budgets leave little slack for anything that feels optional. That cost reality matters for health decisions: when a clinic visit competes with groceries or a car payment, it tends to get postponed, even among people who know better. Missoula skews heavily toward younger adults, people in their late teens and twenties whose relationship lives are actively changing and whose STI risk tracks that movement.
With fewer than one in five households clearing six figures, the uninsured question is live for a real portion of those renters, and low-cost or sliding-scale options listed on this page carry genuine weight rather than being a nice-to-have footnote. That matters more than it sounds: a ten-minute drive on a familiar commute route is a test that happens on a Thursday lunch break, while a forty-minute trip to a neighboring city is one that keeps getting rescheduled. The geography here, more than anything, is what the options listed on this page are quietly working against.
Getting there
Missoula scores 12.01/20 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 59801 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 59801 area around Missoula: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Missoula alone.
Missoula sits in Missoula County, ZIP 59801. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Missoula? 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 Missoula County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Montana 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 Missoula-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 Missoula 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 Montana 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 Montana, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Montana 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 MontanaSource: 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.
Open Aid Alliance, about 0.9 mi away, provides free testing.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Missoula County reported ~301 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Montana average.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Montana, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
Pregnancy screening is standard; ask about an early-pregnancy STI panel.
Clinics give immediate care and treatment; home kits win on convenience and discretion. Either works.
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