In Austin County, syphilis cases run about 80% lower than the US average. Whether you're starting a new relationship or managing ongoing care in Sealy, Texas, choose between visiting a clinic for immediate answers and potential treatment, or using an at-home kit for convenience and flexibility. The options below cover both:
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Sealy, TX. The nearest, Texas Department of State Health Services, is about 12.6 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.
Texas Department of State Health Services in Bellville runs STI care through a state public health infrastructure, covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, and rapid HIV testing on a sliding-scale fee open to all. Appointments are required; bacterial STIs are treated the same visit, and HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines are on-site. Spanish and interpretation services are available.
Spanish-speaking staff and interpretation services for other languages are part of how appointments run here, not arranged separately afterward. For anyone navigating a sensitive health concern, being able to ask follow-up questions and understand next steps in real time shapes whether a visit actually sticks.
DoxyPEP, doxycycline taken after potential bacterial STI exposure, is available as a standing prevention service at this clinic. That means patients with an ongoing exposure risk can establish care, discuss the protocol, and leave with access to it without coordinating a separate prescriber.
Languages
English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Fees & payment
Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Brookshire Center, in Brookshire, carries federal qualification as a community health center, which means STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia runs on a sliding-scale fee tied to household income, keeping care within reach regardless of insurance status.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
A public safety-net rural health clinic about 14 miles from Sealy. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Memorial Hermann-GoHealth Urgent Care in Katy folds STI testing into urgent-care infrastructure, meaning walk-ins are welcome any day without an appointment. The clinic runs a full panel on a fee-based, insurance-accepted model with Medicaid also on board, and treats bacterial infections the same visit.
Many urgent-care clinics leave non-English-speaking patients to manage complex health conversations with whatever bilingual help happens to be available. Memorial Hermann-GoHealth Urgent Care in Katy has interpretation services formally in place, so the clinical exchange (symptoms, results, next steps) moves in the language a person actually speaks.
A basic STI panel often stops at four infections and leaves patients to arrange hepatitis and herpes testing separately. At Memorial Hermann-GoHealth Urgent Care in Katy, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB testing sit alongside the core panel. One visit covers exposures that often require a second appointment elsewhere.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
Tests offered
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Care services
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Spring Branch CHC - Katy Clinic, serving Katy, earned its federal qualification by tying every fee to a patient's actual income. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-in STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with costs scaled to what you earn.
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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 about 13 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Sealy, 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 value: single tests
$49 & 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 Austin 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.
3701 Outlet Center Drive, Suite 100, Sealy, TX 77474
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
203 Meyer Street, Suite 100, Sealy, TX 77474
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
44 North Cummings Street, Bellville, TX 77418
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Sealy. 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, 249 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Sealy. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 100 offer telehealth.
Kannappan Krishnaswamy, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 1036 North Circle Drive, Sealy
Isidro De Leon, DO
Family medicine · 826 South Meyer Street, Sealy
Moromoke Odina, MD
Internal medicine · 1412 South Front Street, Bellville
Clyde Mcmorris, MD
Family medicine · 4019 Front Street, Brookshire
Alberto Montoya, MD
Family medicine · 44 North Cummings Street, Bellville
David Magness, MD
Family medicine · 235 West Palm Street, Bellville
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 Sealy, TX 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.
0.9 mi 
0.9 mi Sealy Pharmacy
0.9 miLifechek
1.2 miBrookshire Brothers Pharmacy
13 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Sealy, TX.
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 Sealy, 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
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
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
How reported STI rates in Austin County, the county that includes Sealy, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~29% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#117 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 54% of the state
| Infection | Austin County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 312.5 99 cases ▼ 36% | 491.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 78.9 25 cases ▼ 55% | 176.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 3.2 1 cases ▼ 79% | 15 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 9.5 3 cases ▼ 64% | 26.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 22.1 7 cases ▼ 50% | 44.3 | 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 Austin County, chlamydia has risen from 268.5 to 312.5 per 100,000 (16%), gonorrhea has fallen from 79.6 to 78.9 per 100,000 (1%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 3.3 to 3.2 per 100,000 (3%).
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 Austin County.
Local HIV snapshot
Austin County HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Austin County residents living with HIV, 61.8% are in care · 47.3% 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 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 Austin County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Sealy reads as a settled, owning kind of town (modest home values, a majority of households married, families averaging more than three people) and that stability is real. But it sits alongside a harder logistical truth: nearly everything here requires a car, TX 36 is the main artery connecting most residents to anything, and a meaningful share of working-age adults are between jobs or stretching a rent check that eats up a real portion of monthly income. That combination shapes how screening actually happens. For younger adults in their late teens and twenties, the years when STI exposure peaks, the math of cost and transportation tends to crowd out routine appointments fast.
When unemployment is elevated and a portion of renters are managing on under a thousand dollars a month, a clinic visit can feel like a logistical negotiation rather than a quick errand. Most of the testing options listed here address that directly, offering sliding-scale or no-cost visits that don't require the kind of income that only about one in four Sealy households clears. Cryan Memorial Park, you'll likely drive. But the range of hours and fee structures listed above means there's usually a combination that fits the constraints of a full household running on two or three schedules.
Getting there
At 5.55/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Sealy 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 77474 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 77474 area around Sealy: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Sealy alone.
Sealy sits in Austin County, ZIP 77474. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Sealy? 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 Austin County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Texas 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 Sealy-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 Sealy 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 Texas 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 Texas, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Texas 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 TexasSource: 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.
Nearest is Texas Department of State Health Services, about 12.6 mi away; 9 are within 30 miles. An at-home kit shipped to 77474 also works.
Free at public clinics. Private labs run about $24 for one test and $139 for a full panel; at-home kits are $49+.
Public clinics serve people without insurance, often on a sliding scale.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Austin County reported ~313 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Texas average.
In Texas, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
At-home kits mail to 77474: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
Many STIs are fully cured with antibiotics; others, like HIV and herpes, are well managed with treatment.
Yes, syphilis is cured with antibiotics (usually penicillin), and earlier treatment prevents long-term damage.
Sexually active people, especially under 25 or with new/multiple partners; everyone 13–64 should test for HIV at least once.
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