STD Testing in San Bernardino, CA: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
New HIV diagnoses in San Bernardino County run about 19% higher than the US average. Whether you're testing in San Bernardino County, California before starting a new relationship or as part of ongoing care, you can weigh the costs of public clinics, the speed of private labs, and the convenience of at-home kits. Your options are listed below.
12 testing options are listed for San Bernardino, CA. The nearest, UMMA Health Al Shifa Clinic, is about 0.6 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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Community health center 0.6 miles
UMMA Health Al Shifa Clinic
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UMMA Health Al Shifa Clinic in San Bernardino adjusts its fees to each patient's income, no one is turned away because of cost. Federally qualified status backs that promise. Walk-ins are welcome for sliding-scale STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
Inland Behavioral and Health Services in San Bernardino scales its fees to each patient's income, so cost isn't a barrier to getting screened. As a federally qualified health center, it offers sliding-scale STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with no appointment required.
Unicare Community Health Center, Inc. - San Bernardino 190
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Unicare Community Health Center, Inc. - San Bernardino 190, in San Bernardino, welcomes walk-ins for STI screening without an appointment. Federally qualified standing locks in a sliding-scale fee tied to income, keeping syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing within reach for anyone who walks through the door.
Sliding-scale
Address
190 East Highland Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92404
CNHF - H Street Clinic in San Bernardino earns its federally qualified standing partly by tying fees to income: meaning the same syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening is priced on a sliding scale for anyone who walks through the door, no appointment needed.
Tri-State Community Healthcare, San Bernardino earned its federally qualified designation by anchoring care to a sliding-scale fee structure tied directly to household income: meaning STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia adjusts to what patients can actually pay, with no appointment needed to get started.
SJCH San Bernardino Health Center, serving San Bernardino, welcomes walk-in patients for STI screening without an appointment. Federal qualification anchors its sliding-scale fee structure, making syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing available to patients across all income levels in a single visit.
Sliding-scale
Address
1500 North Waterman Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92404
Inland Empire Womens Center in San Bernardino tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and HIV on a fee-based, insurance-accepted sliding scale, appointments required, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and care delivered in Spanish.
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Spanish Is the Working Language Here
Spanish-language care at Inland Empire Womens Center runs through every step (counseling, results, treatment) which means nothing gets compressed or lost when the clinical conversation is the most consequential one.
Herpes and Hepatitis Sit on the Standard Panel
The panel at Inland Empire Womens Center covers herpes and hepatitis A, B, and C alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, seven distinct pathogens, so a single appointment captures infections that narrower panels leave untested.
Tests & treats
Address
1364 North Waterman Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92404
Blessing Community Health Center in San Bernardino carries federal health center status, which means its sliding-scale fees are tied to your income. Not a flat discount. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with costs adjusted on a documented income scale.
Sliding-scale
Address
3972 North Waterman Avenue, Suite 104, San Bernardino, CA 92404
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 San Bernardino, 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 San Bernardino, CA
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve San Bernardino 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.
Community Hospital of SAN Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Drive, San Bernardino, CA 92411
CMS-certified labAccredited · College of American Pathologists
Showing 6 of the CLIA-certified labs in San Bernardino County.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near San Bernardino. 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 San Bernardino, CA who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 1,984 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of San Bernardino. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 632 offer telehealth.
SR
Saagar Raju, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 570 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino
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 San Bernardino, CA
Compare the pharmacies closest to San Bernardino, CA. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
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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 San Bernardino, 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.
Online treatment
Wisp
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
STDs & HIV in San Bernardino County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in San Bernardino County, the county that includes San Bernardino, compare with California and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~33% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#8 of 58 California counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 86% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, San Bernardino County vs California vs U.S.
San Bernardino CountyCaliforniaU.S.▲▼ = San Bernardino County vs the state average
Infection
San Bernardino County
California
United States
Chlamydia
562.112,342 cases▲ 14%
491.1
492.2
Gonorrhea
164.63,615 cases▼ 13%
190.2
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
14.3315 cases▼ 12%
16.3
15.8
Syphilis (early)
18.9415 cases▼ 1%
19.1
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
74.21,630 cases▲ 59%
46.7
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.
Reported STD rates in San Bernardino County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▲ 1% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in San Bernardino County, chlamydia has risen from 484.5 to 562.1 per 100,000 (16%), gonorrhea has fallen from 197 to 164.6 per 100,000 (16%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 17.5 to 14.3 per 100,000 (18%).
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 San Bernardino, CA
Adults uninsured
24.7%
No routine checkup
30.9%
No transportation
23.8%
Binge drinking
12.7%
Frequent mental distress
23%
Depression
22.2%
Below poverty line
28.9%
Primary-care ratio
1,699 : 1
San Bernardino County
Primary-care shortage score 19 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 46.2
Social Vulnerability Index · 89th 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 San Bernardino County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in San Bernardino County (2023)
Federal priority area: San Bernardino County is one of 48 U.S. counties prioritized under the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative: targeted federal funding to expand local HIV testing, PrEP, and prevention.
People living with HIV
298 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
295cases countywide
On PrEP (coverage)
11.1%
San Bernardino County HIV care continuum (2023)
San Bernardino County recorded 16.3 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 14.9 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among San Bernardino County residents living with HIV, 78% know their status · 69.6% are in care · 62.3% 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 San Bernardino 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 →
Campo Santo Cemetery anchors one of San Bernardino's older residential stretches, a block or two from the kind of quiet streets where extended households have put down roots for generations. Beneath that settled surface, though, the logistics of everyday life are genuinely demanding: more than half of residents rent, typical rents sit well above what a tight budget absorbs comfortably, and with nearly one in ten working-age adults out of work, a clinical appointment can feel like one more complicated variable in an already stretched week. That pressure matters most for the city's younger adults, people moving through their twenties and early thirties, the years when STI rates climb steeply and relationship networks shift quickly.
San Bernardino's households run large, averaging nearly four people, which means a testing decision often ripples through a shared home. For the roughly one in six households that clears six figures, cost is less likely to be the barrier; for the much larger share managing on a single income or a rental budget under eleven hundred dollars a month, the fee structure at each clinic listed here is the detail worth reading first before anything else.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in San Bernardino, CA
Walkability15.89 / 20 · Most walkable
San Bernardino scores 15.89/20 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.
San Bernardino sits in San Bernardino County. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
The California Theatre of the Performing Arts
Harris Building
Campo Santo Cemetery
Horine Park
Primer Mcdonal's
Original McDonald's Restaurant
Major routes
CA 210 (Foothill Freeway)
CA 18 (East 30th Street)
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near San Bernardino, CA
Just outside San Bernardino? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in San Bernardino, CA: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in San Bernardino County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under California 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 San Bernardino-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 San Bernardino 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 CaliforniaMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on California 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 California, 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)
California 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.
