Syphilis cases in Ozaukee County run about 80% lower than the national average. If you live in Port Washington, Wisconsin and want to get tested whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, weigh community and public clinics for lower cost against private labs for faster results and more flexible scheduling choices. See the list below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Port Washington, WI. The nearest, ACL Laboratories, is about 0.7 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.
Froedtert Hospital in West Bend runs STI testing by appointment, covering HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis A, B, and C, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, sliding-scale fees, and services conducted in Spanish.
Spanish is available across the full service continuum at Froedtert Hospital: not limited to intake but present through testing, results, and ongoing treatment conversations. That means clinical nuance, medication instructions, and follow-up planning all move in Spanish without a handoff to a secondary channel.
Froedtert Hospital holds Ryan White Program funding, which means HIV care, from the initial conventional test through ongoing medical treatment and medication management, is available to people without the insurance or income to sustain it elsewhere. That standing capacity makes the clinic a durable option for anyone who needs HIV care to continue, not just begin.
Prevention prescribing at many clinics stops at PrEP. Froedtert Hospital in West Bend prescribes PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP, the post-exposure doxycycline protocol for reducing bacterial STI risk, giving people access to the fuller current prevention toolkit rather than a single-medication approach.
Languages
English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Prevea Health in Oostburg operates within a family practice model, weaving STI testing into the kind of ongoing clinical relationship most standalone clinics can't offer. The standard bacterial panel (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis) runs alongside rapid and conventional HIV, with appointments required and fees billed to Medicaid, Medicare, or insurance.
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English
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Fees & payment
Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
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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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · 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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Fees & payment
Health Connections in Glendale runs STI care through a community health model, offering the full bacterial and viral panel (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, HIV, hepatitis B and C, and TB) with walk-in access, same-visit bacterial treatment, and all services at no fee.
Every service at Health Connections carries no charge, and that extends beyond the test itself to treatment, counseling, and prevention. When gonorrhea or chlamydia is confirmed, treatment happens the same day without a separate billing step or a follow-up invoice.
Leaving a clinic with only a testing result and no prevention pathway means the gap between exposure and protection falls entirely on the patient. Health Connections closes that gap by prescribing both PrEP and PEP directly, including PrEP coverage for uninsured patients, so prevention is settled at the same visit.
Health Connections prescribes and monitors hepatitis C treatment on-site: clinicians move from a confirmed antibody result into antiviral therapy, tracking viral load and treatment response without routing patients to a separate specialist practice.
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English
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Listing verified Oct 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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Port Washington, 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 value: single tests
$49 & 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 Ozaukee 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.
975 Port Washington Road, Grafton, WI 53024
CMS-certified lab
1245 Cheyenne Ave Suite 301, Grafton, WI 53024
CMS-certified lab
Showing the nearest 2 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Port Washington. 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, 1,285 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Port Washington. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 414 offer telehealth.
Augustin Hernandez, DO
Family medicine · 215 West Washington Street, Grafton
Brooke Schlappe, MD
OB-GYN · 975 Port Washington Road, Grafton
John Mcguinness, MD
OB-GYN · 975 Port Washington Road, Grafton
Katie Swor, DO
OB-GYN · 975 Port Washington Road, Grafton
Anna Kleyman, DO
Family medicine · 1475 West Grand Avenue, Port Washington
Stephanie Maves, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 1777 West Grand Avenue, Port Washington
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 Port Washington, 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.
Aurora Pharmacy
0.7 miShopko Stores Operating
1.3 miPort Family Pharmacy
1.3 mi
1.9 mi 
4.0 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Port Washington, 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 Port Washington, 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.
$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
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
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 Ozaukee County, the county that includes Port Washington, 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.
#57 of 72 Wisconsin counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 21% of the state
| Infection | Ozaukee County | Wisconsin | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 135.9 127 cases ▼ 68% | 422.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 32.1 30 cases ▼ 73% | 118.5 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 3.2 3 cases ▼ 65% | 9.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 6.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 2.1 2 cases ▼ 86% | 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 Ozaukee County, chlamydia has risen from 132.2 to 135.9 per 100,000 (3%), gonorrhea has fallen from 32.8 to 32.1 per 100,000 (2%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 2.2 to 3.2 per 100,000 (45%).
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 Ozaukee County.
Local HIV snapshot
Ozaukee County HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Ozaukee County residents living with HIV, 81.8% are in care · 81.8% 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 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 Ozaukee County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Westport Meadows carries the unhurried feel of a place where most households own their homes and have lived in them long enough to know their neighbors by name, but that settled quality can make it easy to assume routine health maintenance is already handled. For the roughly one-in-three Port Washington residents who rent, often at monthly costs that leave limited room for discretionary medical visits, that assumption is even less reliable. Younger adults in their late teens and twenties, a meaningful slice of this city's population, are at the stage of life when relationship patterns shift most, and when STI screening is genuinely useful rather than precautionary theater. West Grand Avenue and South Spring Street are the practical arteries, and most of the testing options on this page sit within reasonable driving distance of both Westport Meadows and Hidden Hills.
The labor-force participation rate here is strong, which is good economically but also means many residents are working full schedules that make weekday appointments genuinely inconvenient, so scanning the hours listed on each clinic card before you go is worth the two minutes. Ozaukee County's STI picture is shaped in part by how often residents actually get screened, not just by behavior. A quick stop off Oakland Avenue Green on the way home counts.
Getting there
At 7.28/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Port Washington 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 53024 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 53024 area around Port Washington: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Port Washington alone.
Port Washington sits in Ozaukee County, ZIP 53024. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Port Washington? 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 Ozaukee 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 Port Washington-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 Port Washington 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 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.
There are 9 options within a 30-mile drive.
Usually yes, it can be billed to insurance, or paid out of pocket at a flat rate.
Milwaukee Health Services, about 19.4 mi away, provides free testing.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Ozaukee County reported ~136 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Wisconsin average.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Wisconsin, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, site matters; oral/anal exposure needs a throat or rectal swab, which urine testing won't catch.
Reassuring if you tested after the window, just retest if it was early, and screen again with new partners.
Get treated, notify partners, pause sex until cleared, and follow up, the infection is manageable.
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