STD Testing in Montgomery, AL: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
In Montgomery County, there are about 84 syphilis cases per 100,000 residents. Whether you are in Montgomery County, Alabama for a quick check or routine screenings, public clinics are often low-cost or free and private labs offer faster results and more flexible scheduling.
12 testing options are listed for Montgomery, AL. The nearest, First Choice Womens Medical Center, is about 1.5 miles away. Compare community and public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits below.
How to read these listings
Listings tagged Community health center are federally funded health centers and rural clinics that treat everyone regardless of insurance or ability to pay: required to bill on a sliding fee scale and provide confidential care, and in many states minors may consent to their own STI testing. A Title X tag flags centers funded for confidential family-planning services; confirm current participation when you call.
Source: CMS FQHC & Rural Health Clinic enrollment files (data.cms.gov), refreshed quarterly. Title X status reflects the latest OPA grantee list.
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1722 Pine Street, Montgomery, AL 36106 1.7 miles away
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First Choice Womens Medical Center
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First Choice Women's Medical Center in Montgomery tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. All at no charge, for every patient. Same-visit treatment is available for bacterial infections, and an appointment is required.
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Every Test and Treatment Costs Nothing Here
When cost stands between a person and care, bacterial infections go untreated and HIV goes undetected. Gaps with real health consequences. At First Choice Women's Medical Center, every test and every treatment carries no charge, removing the financial barrier before it can become a medical one.
Spanish-Language Care Is Built Into Every Visit
Without Spanish-language services, a patient can leave a clinic with incomplete information about their diagnosis or treatment plan, and that gap quietly becomes a clinical one. First Choice Women's Medical Center in Montgomery delivers care directly in Spanish, so nothing about a diagnosis, treatment, or prevention option gets lost.
Health Services in Montgomery pairs gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs, so a positive bacterial result doesn't send you elsewhere. Fees run on a sliding scale, with Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance all accepted. An appointment is required.
Living Well Specialty Clinic in Montgomery carries federal qualification as a community health center, which means STI screening costs are adjusted to income on a sliding scale. Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing are available to patients across the income spectrum without a prior appointment.
Five Horizons Health Services in Montgomery runs a full STI panel (HIV (rapid and conventional), syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C) with sliding-scale fees and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. An appointment is required, and every service is provided at no charge.
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Every Service Carries a Zero Balance
Five Horizons Health Services charges nothing for any of its services: testing, treatment, vaccines, PrEP, PEP, DoxyPEP, hepatitis C treatment, HIV medical management, and medication adherence counseling all fall under that same zero-cost structure. The sliding scale isn't a floor with exceptions above it; the ceiling is also free.
On-Site Interpretation, Not a Callback System
Interpretation services at Five Horizons Health Services in Montgomery are integrated into the care delivery itself: meaning counseling on PrEP adherence, hepatitis treatment protocols, and exposure history can be conducted without deferring to an outside scheduling queue. The clinical conversation happens in full, not in summary.
DoxyPEP Prescribed Where PEP Already Lives
Plenty of clinics prescribe PrEP; fewer add PEP; fewer still have formally incorporated DoxyPEP, the post-exposure doxycycline protocol for bacterial STI prevention, into their standing clinical offerings. Five Horizons Health Services in Montgomery carries all three, letting prevention planning address HIV and bacterial STI risk in a single appointment.
English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
Tests offered
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
Gonorrhea
Syphilis
Herpes
Chlamydia
Rapid HIV
Conventional HIV
Serves
Adolescents/Youth/Teens
American Indian or Alaska Native persons
Asian or Pacific Islander persons
Black or African American persons
Gay Men
Hispanic or Latino persons
LGBTQ
Low Income Persons
Care services
Family Planning
Medication Adherence Education and Counseling
STI Treatment
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV)
HIV/AIDS Medical Treatment
Hepatitis C Treatment
Hepatitis B Treatment
Hepatitis A Vaccine
Adult Hepatitis B Vaccine
Prevention services
STI Prevention/Education
HIV/AIDS Prevention/Education
HIV Test Counseling
Hepatitis Prevention/Education
Condom Distribution
Fees & payment
Medicaid Accepted
PrEP for uninsured
Fee
Insurance Accepted
Free STI Test
Free HIV Test
Free Hepatitis C Test
Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
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Empower Health
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Empower Health in Montgomery pairs STI testing with full prevention care, including PrEP and PEP, on a sliding-scale fee open to everyone, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections like gonorrhea and chlamydia; appointments are required.
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PrEP and PEP Prescribed Without the Extra Stop
Without a provider who prescribes both, prevention can stall into a second appointment, a second bill, a gap where nothing is happening. At Empower Health, PrEP and PEP are managed in the same clinical relationship as your testing and treatment. No handoff required.
Herpes and Hepatitis Sit Alongside the Core Panel
Empower Health tests for eight infections (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C) meaning conditions that cause long-term complications but often share no urgent symptoms still get caught within a single appointment rather than surfacing only when a separate screen is eventually ordered.
Tests & treatsSliding-scalePrEP
Address
445 Dexter Avenue, Suite 4050 Montgomery, AL 36104
Montgomery East Family Health Center in Montgomery earns its federal community-health designation by anchoring sliding-scale STI care for residents paying cash, between providers, or without coverage. Walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening, with fees adjusted to income so cost doesn't become the reason someone skips testing.
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 6 miles from Montgomery. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Ivy Creek Healthcare in Wetumpka accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance for STI care, with fees for those paying directly. Appointments are required for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and rapid or conventional HIV testing, along with same-visit bacterial treatment and HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccines.
Beyond the dedicated testing centers above: at-home kits by mail, hospital labs certified for STI testing, local clinicians who can order a panel during a regular visit, pharmacies for self-test kits and prescriptions, and online PrEP & treatment.
The nearest testing center is about 2 miles away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Montgomery, you collect the sample privately, and mail it back to a CLIA-certified lab. Results come online in days, with a clinician available if anything is positive. Same labs as a clinic, no waiting room, and you can read how accurate at-home STD tests are before you order.
Want a free option first? The CDC-supported TakeMeHome program mails free at-home HIV self-test kits, and, in many areas, free STI kits, to your door, with no insurance or payment needed. The paid kits below add broader panels and faster turnaround.
In-home collection
Quest Diagnostics
$79 & up
Panel:
8-infection panel incl. chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, syphilis, hepatitis & herpes: single tests too
Sample:
Quest Mobile: a phlebotomist collects your sample at home
Every kit uses CLIA-certified labs. At-home testing is for screening; a reactive result should be confirmed and treated by a clinician. Prices and panels shown are illustrative and change often, confirm current details on the provider's site.
Also in the area
Other CLIA-certified labs near Montgomery, AL
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Montgomery 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.
Alabama Pathology Associates
2055 Normandie Drive Suite 214, Montgomery, AL 36111
Showing 6 of the CLIA-certified labs in Montgomery County.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Montgomery. A CLIA certificate records only that a laboratory is federally certified — it does not confirm the site performs STD testing, nor its hours, price or access. Inclusion is not an endorsement; always call to verify.
Local clinicians
Clinicians near Montgomery, AL who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 224 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Montgomery. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 32 offer telehealth.
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Areeba Zain, MD
Family medicine · 2055 East South Boulevard, Montgomery
These are registry-listed clinicians, not dedicated STD-testing clinics. CMS records do not independently verify current licensure, testing services, availability, price, or new-patient status. Confirm each detail before booking. Source: CMS Doctors & Clinicians.
Nearby pharmacies
Pharmacies near Montgomery, AL
Compare the pharmacies closest to Montgomery, AL. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
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Rx pickupOTC HIV self-testAt-home STI kitsPrEP/PEP fillsHPV & Hep B vaccinesCondoms / EC
Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to Montgomery, AL.
Directory records identify nearby pharmacies. Service, stock, price, and hours information is shown only when supported by current location-specific evidence.
Prevention & treatment
PrEP, prevention & online treatment
Testing is one step. For residents of Montgomery, telehealth covers the rest: HIV-prevention medication (PrEP) and DoxyPEP to lower future risk, and discreet online treatment if a result comes back positive. All prescribed by licensed U.S. clinicians.
PrEP & DoxyPEP
Q Care Plus
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
Pricing varies by insurance and changes often, confirm on the provider's site. These services are not a substitute for emergency care.
STD stats & rates
STDs & HIV in Montgomery County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Montgomery County, the county that includes Montgomery, compare with Alabama and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~28% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#4 of 67 Alabama counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 94% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Montgomery County vs Alabama vs U.S.
Montgomery CountyAlabamaU.S.▲▼ = Montgomery County vs the state average
Infection
Montgomery County
Alabama
United States
Chlamydia
1125.92,533 cases▲ 73%
651.1
492.2
Gonorrhea
544.51,225 cases▲ 140%
226.9
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
83.6188 cases▲ 192%
28.6
15.8
Syphilis (early)
89.8202 cases▲ 340%
20.4
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
77.8175 cases▲ 218%
24.5
29.5
Rates per 100,000 population, 2023. Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus (county, state & U.S., all-ages basis). Population figures: U.S. Census Bureau ACS. These figures are the latest available surveillance estimates. Bars are scaled to the highest rate shown.
Reading these numbers: reported case rates only count infections that were actually tested for and diagnosed, so they track local screening effort as much as true spread: a higher rate can reflect more testing, a lower one less. Either way, most STIs cause no symptoms, so treat the figures above as context rather than a verdict, and test on the CDC's schedule regardless of how your area looks.
Reported STD rates in Montgomery County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▼ 1% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Montgomery County, chlamydia has risen from 914.2 to 1125.9 per 100,000 (23%), gonorrhea has risen from 499.2 to 544.5 per 100,000 (9%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 24.5 to 83.6 per 100,000 (241%).
The 2020 dip reflects reduced pandemic-era screening, not lower transmission. Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus (county, state & U.S., all-ages basis).
Community health context
What shapes testing access in and around Montgomery, AL
Adults uninsured
6.4%
No routine checkup
18.5%
No transportation
6.3%
Binge drinking
15.7%
Frequent mental distress
14%
Depression
21.2%
Below poverty line
4.2%
Primary-care ratio
1,034 : 1
Montgomery County
Primary-care shortage score 20 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 42
Social Vulnerability Index · 93rd percentile nationally
Sources: CDC PLACES (ZIP), County Health Rankings, CDC/ATSDR SVI, HRSA HPSA, HRSA MUA/P, Neighborhood Atlas ADI. Lower insurance coverage, fewer routine checkups, and a thin primary-care ratio all raise the value of low-cost public clinics and at-home testing in Montgomery County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Montgomery County (2023)
Federal priority area: Alabama is one of the U.S. jurisdictions prioritized under the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative: targeted federal funding to expand local HIV testing, PrEP, and prevention.
People living with HIV
848 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
72cases countywide
On PrEP (coverage)
40.9%
Montgomery County HIV care continuum (2023)
Montgomery County recorded 38.7 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 16.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Montgomery County residents living with HIV, 77.6% are in care · 65% are virally suppressed. Early, routine testing is what moves these numbers: it is the entry point to PrEP, treatment, and viral suppression.
Sources: AIDSVu (Emory/Gilead) · CDC AHEAD · CDC AtlasPlus · CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus (county care continuum). The CDC recommends everyone aged 13–64 test for HIV at least once: every lab and clinic listed above offers HIV testing, and free rapid HIV testing is available at a local health department.
Pregnant or planning to be?Congenital syphilis is the fastest-rising STI: what to test, and when
Congenital syphilis, passed from parent to baby in pregnancy, is the fastest-rising STI in the country. U.S. cases climbed from 2,163 in 2020 to 3,882 in 2023. It is almost entirely preventable: the CDC recommends a syphilis test at the first prenatal visit, and every clinic and lab listed for Montgomery County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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The Troy Highway corridor, stretching past strip plazas and starter complexes toward the city's southeastern edge, anchors the kind of transient, paycheck-to-paycheck geography where young adults in Montgomery piece together first leases and figure out what adulthood actually costs. Nearly half of Montgomery's residents rent rather than own, and at typical monthly rents that leave real margin in most budgets, routine healthcare can still slip when employment is unsteady. With unemployment running notably higher than national benchmarks, a meaningful share of working-age residents are between paychecks, and between insurance cards, at any given moment.
That removes one of the more stubborn barriers for people in their late teens and twenties, the years when new partners and shifting living situations make periodic screening a straightforward form of self-care rather than a reactive one. Average household sizes here reflect that many people share space and share lives in close quarters, which is its own reason to treat STI testing as unremarkable, the way you'd treat a blood-pressure check before renewing a prescription on Troy Highway on a Wednesday afternoon.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Montgomery, AL
Walkability4.83 / 20 · Least walkable
At 4.83/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Montgomery 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.
Montgomery sits in Montgomery County. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
First White House of the Confederacy
Civil Rights Memorial Center
Civil Rights Memorial
The Legacy Museum
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Neighborhoods & communities
McGehee Estates
Carol Villa
Major routes
East South Boulevard
South Boulevard
Troy Highway
Eastern Boulevard
Mount Meigs Road
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near Montgomery, AL
Just outside Montgomery? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Montgomery, AL: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Montgomery County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Alabama law. If you have symptoms right now, our confidential symptom checker maps them to the tests worth considering.
Who should test, and whenCDC screening schedule + each infection's detection window
Who should get tested, and how often
Based on current CDC screening recommendations.
Group
Tests
How often
Everyone aged 13–64
HIV
At least once
Sexually active women under 25
Chlamydia, gonorrhea
Every year
Women 25+ with new or multiple partners
Chlamydia, gonorrhea
Every year
Pregnant people
HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B & C, chlamydia
Early in pregnancy
Gay & bisexual men (MSM)
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV
Every 3–6 months
Anyone who shares injection equipment
HIV, hepatitis B & C
At least yearly
All adults at least once
Hepatitis C
At least once
When to test: STD detection windows
Testing too early can return a false negative, confirm timing with a Montgomery-area provider.
What each STD test costsMedicare reference prices per lab test, a benchmark before you pay out of pocket
These are the federal Medicare reference prices for processing each lab test. Public clinics and the community health centers serving Montgomery often test free or on a sliding scale; private labs and at-home kits bundle several tests into one fee. Use this as a per-test benchmark before you pay out of pocket, or see the full guide to STD test costs for insurance, free, and at-home options.
Test
Reference price
CPT / HCPCS
Chlamydia (NAAT)
$47.80
87491
Gonorrhea (NAAT)
$47.80
87591
Trichomoniasis (NAAT)
$47.76
87661
HIV-1/2 antigen/antibody
$26.87
87389
HIV-1/2 antibody
$22.44
86703
Syphilis (RPR/VDRL)
$5.61
86592
Syphilis (treponemal antibody)
$17.49
86780
Herpes (HSV NAAT)
$47.76
87529
Hepatitis B surface antigen
$15.33
87340
Hepatitis C antibody
$29.16
86803
Source: Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, CMS, 2025 rates (data.cms.gov). Reference rate for the lab assay only: a clinic visit, sample collection, or a bundled multi-test panel may cost more. Medicaid and most insurers cover STD screening at no out-of-pocket cost.
Confidentiality & consent in AlabamaMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on Alabama law: who can consent, and whether partners can be treated without their own visit. Everything else about testing privately is the same nationwide (see below).
Can a minor consent on their own?
In Alabama, a minor aged 12 or older can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Can my partner be treated too? (EPT)
Alabama 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.
