STD Testing in Mount Vernon, NY: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
In Westchester County, new HIV diagnoses run about 25% lower than the US average. Whether you are testing before starting a new relationship or as part of ongoing care, you can weigh visiting a clinic for on-site support and treatment or collecting a sample at home. Find options in Mount Vernon, New York.
12 testing options are listed for Mount Vernon, NY. The nearest, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, is about 0.4 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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Quest Diagnostics
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2.9(101)?
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Rated 2.9 out of 5 from 101 reviews
Address
105 Stevens Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10550 0.6 miles away
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Closest to you 0.4 miles
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic
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Rated 2.9 out of 5 from 45 reviews
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic in Mount Vernon tests for gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, chlamydia, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, no appointment required, and interpretation services available across languages.
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Languages Don't Limit What You Receive Here
Plenty of clinics offer testing in English and leave non-English speakers to manage the clinical conversation on their own. At Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, interpretation services are woven into the visit itself, so counseling, results, and treatment decisions land with the same clarity for everyone who walks in.
Title X Means Minors Get Confidential Care
As a Title X-funded site, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic extends legally confidential family planning services to minors: meaning a young person without a regular provider, or one who needs care independent of a parent's insurance, has full access to the same STI testing, treatment, and prevention the clinic offers everyone else.
PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP Prescribed and Managed On-Site
The clinic prescribes and monitors PrEP, the daily HIV-prevention medication requiring periodic HIV and kidney-function checks, alongside PEP and DoxyPEP, the antibiotic taken after potential bacterial STI exposure. Having all three managed by the same clinical team means adjustments, refills, and follow-up labs stay coordinated rather than scattered across separate providers.
Tests & treatsTitle XSliding-scalePrEPDoxyPEP
Address
6 Gramatan Avenue, 4th Floor Mount Vernon, NY 10550
English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
Tests offered
Gonorrhea
Syphilis
Herpes
Chlamydia
Rapid 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
STI Treatment
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV)
Prevention services
STI Prevention/Education
HIV/AIDS Prevention/Education
HIV Test Counseling
Condom Distribution
Fees & payment
Medicaid Accepted
Fee
Insurance Accepted
Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
0.6 miles
Montefiore Health System
2.6(171)?
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Rated 2.6 out of 5 from 171 reviews
Montefiore Health System in Mount Vernon tests for HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and hepatitis C on a sliding-scale fee open to everyone; appointments are required, and bacterial STIs can be treated the same visit.
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Spanish Speakers Staffed, Not Routed Around
Montefiore Mount Vernon maintains on-staff Spanish-speaking capacity and formal interpretation services for other languages, woven into the clinical encounter itself. Not arranged afterward. Counseling, medication adherence education, and treatment discussions happen in the language the clinician and patient share, without a relay layer between them.
PrEP Prescribed Here Without a Second Appointment
Leaving a testing visit without a PrEP prescription means finding a separate prescriber, scheduling again, and absorbing a gap in protection that compounds over weeks. Montefiore Health System in Mount Vernon prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP on-site, so prevention starts with the same clinical relationship that handled the test.
Hepatitis C Treatment Runs Through This Clinic
After a confirmed hepatitis C diagnosis, Montefiore Health System in Mount Vernon moves directly into antiviral treatment. Prescribing and monitoring the course of therapy within the same system rather than handing the case off. Medication adherence counseling is built into that care, tracking the patient through the full treatment arc.
Listing verified Nov 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Community health center 0.8 miles
Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center
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Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, in Mount Vernon, earns its federally qualified designation partly by tying fees to what patients actually earn. Nobody is turned away over cost. Walk-in STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with charges scaled to income.
New York-Presbyterian in Mount Vernon runs by appointment, so each visit is structured around your actual needs: the standard panel covering HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, plus hepatitis B, C, and TB, with sliding-scale fees and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections.
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PrEP and PEP Are Prescribed Here Directly
Without a clinic that manages both PrEP and PEP in-house, the gap between needing prevention and receiving it can stretch across multiple appointments and providers. New York-Presbyterian closes that gap, both medications are prescribed on-site in Mount Vernon, keeping prevention from becoming a separate, slower errand.
Hepatitis C Treatment Runs the Full Course Here
Direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C, the regimens that achieve sustained virologic response, is managed at New York-Presbyterian in Mount Vernon, not handed off after a reactive antibody result. That means monitoring, prescription, and ongoing care stay with one clinical team.
Hepatitis B and C Added to the Core Panel
New York-Presbyterian tests for hepatitis B and hepatitis C alongside the standard bacterial and HIV panel, infections in a single appointment. Because both hepatitis strains can progress silently for years, having them on the same requisition means a gap in screening doesn't persist simply because it was never ordered.
Saint Josephs Medical Center, a full-service hospital clinic in Yonkers, pairs STI testing with on-site treatment and HIV management on a sliding-scale fee. Appointments required. The standard bacterial infections are treated same visit; Spanish is spoken throughout.
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Hepatitis B and C Tested Alongside the Basics
Many testing sites screen for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV and leave it there. Saint Josephs Medical Center adds hepatitis B and hepatitis C to the panel, plus TB, so a single visit captures the infections that a narrower panel would send you elsewhere to find.
PrEP Prescribed and Managed On-Site
Saint Josephs Medical Center holds a direct PrEP prescribing relationship with patients: meaning the HIV prevention regimen, the required HIV and renal monitoring, and PEP for time-sensitive exposure windows all run through the same clinic rather than requiring a separate infectious-disease referral.
Spanish Spoken Directly in the Exam Room
Many clinics handle language access through third-party services that keep a patient and provider one step removed from each other. At Saint Josephs Medical Center in Yonkers, Spanish is a working clinical language: counseling, test results, and medication guidance delivered directly, without a mediated layer in between.
Unique People Services in The Bronx earned its federally qualified health center designation by tying fees directly to household income: meaning sliding-scale STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia is within financial reach for anyone who walks through the door. An appointment is required.
Address
4377 Bronx Boulevard, 2nd Floor The Bronx, NY 10466
Ana's Place in the Bronx earns its federal qualification by tying every fee to patient income, no one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-in STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with costs that scale to what you actually earn.
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 less than a mile away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon, NY
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Westchester 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.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Mount Vernon. 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 Mount Vernon, NY who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 11,080 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Mount Vernon. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 4,006 offer telehealth.
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Francis Polcari, MD
Internal medicine · 1 Wartburg Place, Mount Vernon
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 Mount Vernon, NY
Compare the pharmacies closest to Mount Vernon, NY. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
0.4 mi
Rx pickupOTC HIV self-testPrEP/PEP fillsHPV & Hep B vaccinesCondoms / EC
Showing the 4 closest pharmacies to Mount Vernon, NY.
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 Mount Vernon, 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 Westchester County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Westchester County, the county that includes Mount Vernon, compare with New York and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~25% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#12 of 62 New York counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 81% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Westchester County vs New York vs U.S.
Westchester CountyNew YorkU.S.▲▼ = Westchester County vs the state average
Infection
Westchester County
New York
United States
Chlamydia
391.23,876 cases▼ 30%
558.4
492.2
Gonorrhea
86.5857 cases▼ 63%
235.6
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
7.978 cases▼ 47%
14.8
15.8
Syphilis (early)
8.988 cases▼ 61%
23.1
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
20198 cases▼ 21%
25.2
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.
Reported STD rates in Westchester County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▲ 2% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Westchester County, chlamydia has risen from 300.4 to 391.2 per 100,000 (30%), gonorrhea has fallen from 101.2 to 86.5 per 100,000 (15%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 8.3 to 7.9 per 100,000 (5%).
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 Mount Vernon, NY
Adults uninsured
6.9%
No routine checkup
17.8%
No transportation
7.8%
Binge drinking
13.8%
Frequent mental distress
13.8%
Depression
14.9%
Below poverty line
6.8%
Primary-care ratio
760 : 1
Westchester County
Primary-care shortage score 18 / 26
Medically Underserved Area
Social Vulnerability Index · 67th 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 Westchester County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Westchester County (2023)
People living with HIV
417 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
87cases countywide
On PrEP (coverage)
56.1%
Westchester County HIV care continuum (2023)
Westchester County recorded 10.3 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 14.1 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Westchester County residents living with HIV, 73.7% are in care · 68.4% 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 Westchester County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Compiled and checked by EasySTD's editorial team against CDC and public-health sources. This is educational information, not a substitute for advice from a licensed clinician. Our editorial guidelines →
East Lincoln Avenue cuts through one of the denser stretches of Mount Vernon, where most households rent rather than own, and where that monthly rent leaves real limits on what's discretionary. In a city where well over half the population rents and average household size runs close to three and a half people, a single shared apartment often means shared schedules, shared budgets, and genuinely little room to absorb an unexpected medical bill. Even a modest one.
That squeeze lands hardest on younger adults in their late teens and twenties, the years when STI transmission peaks and when testing is most likely to be skipped not from indifference but from logistics: a split shift, a crowded bus, a co-pay that tips a tight week into a harder one. With nearly two-thirds of households here renting in neighborhoods like Fleetwood and West Mount Vernon, routine screening fits better when it's nearby, affordable, and doesn't require clearing a full afternoon. Those are the options this page is built around.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Mount Vernon, NY
Walkability14.07 / 20 · Above average
Mount Vernon scores 14.07/20 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 10550 snapshot
Residents
40,072
Median age
40.1
Median income
$56,903
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 10550 area around Mount Vernon: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Mount Vernon alone.
Mount Vernon sits in Westchester County, ZIP 10550. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Marble School House
Van Cortlandt Park
Leland Castle
X002 (Bronx Park)
Williamsbridge Oval
37 (Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site)
Neighborhoods & communities
Vernon Park
Pinckney Heights
Chester Hill Park
Fleetwood
West Mount Vernon
Elmsmere
Pelham
Parkside
Major routes
NY 22 (North Columbus Avenue)
East Lincoln Avenue
West Lincoln Avenue
Cross County Parkway
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near Mount Vernon, NY
Just outside Mount Vernon? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Mount Vernon, NY: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Westchester County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under New York 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 Mount Vernon-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 Mount Vernon 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 New YorkMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on New York 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 New York, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Can my partner be treated too? (EPT)
New York 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.
