Caddo Parish reports about 43 syphilis cases per 100,000 residents, well above the US average. If you live in Shreveport, Louisiana, and are deciding whether to get tested for STIs, both local clinics and at-home kits are available. Clinics offer expert guidance and immediate treatment, while at-home kits provide convenience and flexibility.
Available testing centers
11 testing options are listed for Shreveport, LA. The nearest, WK Elite Internal Medicine, is about 1.6 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.
WK Elite Internal Medicine in Shreveport tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB, all on a sliding-scale basis with no-fee options available: walk-ins welcome, no appointment required, and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections.
Skip one appointment because the bill felt uncertain, and a treatable bacterial infection becomes a weeks-long gap. WK Elite Internal Medicine in Shreveport charges nothing for any service it provides (testing, treatment, vaccines) so cost never becomes the reason a visit gets postponed.
Leaving hepatitis B or C undetected means those infections advance silently while the rest of your results are already in hand. WK Elite Internal Medicine tests for both hepatitis B and hepatitis C in the same visit as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. Closing that gap before it opens.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
A community safety-net federally qualified health center about 2 miles from Shreveport. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. With treatment available on-site for bacterial STIs and hepatitis. Insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare are accepted; fees apply, scaled to coverage. An appointment is required.
Without on-site hepatitis C treatment, a positive test result often means a second referral, a new provider to navigate, and weeks of delay before antivirals begin. At Ochsner LSU Health, the clinical relationship that confirmed the diagnosis is the same one that carries treatment forward. No gap between knowing and acting.
Plenty of STI clinics test for the bacterial quartet and stop there, leaving hepatitis B and C to be caught, if at all, somewhere else entirely. Ochsner LSU Health runs a panel that includes both hepatitis strains alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, plus TB screening.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
WK Community Health and Wellness Center in Shreveport runs testing for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB on a sliding scale (Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance accepted) with walk-ins welcome and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, all at no fee.
WK Community Health and Wellness Center in Shreveport staffs its billing structure so that the no-fee outcome holds whether a patient carries Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, or nothing at all: the sliding scale bottoms out at zero, and no residual charge is generated after the visit.
Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, WK Community Health and Wellness Center in Shreveport runs hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing as integrated components of the same visit (drawn, processed, and counseled on-site) alongside a TB test, making it a seven-pathogen workup under a single encounter.
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Casse Community Health Institute in Shreveport runs gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid HIV testing with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections when results call for it. Fees follow a sliding scale, and Medicaid, Medicare, and insurance are all accepted. Walk-ins welcome.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
The Philadelphia Center in Shreveport sees patients without an appointment and covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid and conventional HIV, and hepatitis C testing in a single visit: with STI treatment, PrEP, and PEP all available at no fee to anyone.
The Philadelphia Center carries no fee for any service it provides (testing, treatment, PrEP, PEP) which makes it the direct answer for anyone paying cash, without a regular provider, or working around a high-deductible plan. There's no tier, no income screen, no partial charge.
Without interpretation, a patient leaves The Philadelphia Center with incomplete instructions, a missed diagnosis, or a treatment they don't fully understand. Each a direct path to ongoing transmission. Interpretation services for non-English languages are built into care here, so that gap doesn't open.
The Philadelphia Center prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP directly, meaning the medications, and the follow-up monitoring HIV prevention requires, stay within the same no-fee setting rather than fragmenting across providers. Continuity in prevention management is a concrete clinical outcome of that arrangement.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Louisiana Department of Health in Shreveport tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs confirmed on the spot, on a sliding-scale fee open to everyone, walk-ins welcome, and all services provided at no fee.
All services at Louisiana Department of HealthShreveport carry no charge. That means the rapid HIV test, the syphilis draw, and the gonorrhea and chlamydia workup, along with any same-visit bacterial treatment, leave no bill behind.
Spanish is a working clinical language at Louisiana Department of HealthShreveport, available through the full care encounter (counseling, test results, and STI treatment) so nothing about a diagnosis or a treatment plan gets compressed into a rushed summary.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · 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 about 2 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Shreveport, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 Caddo Parish, 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.
1541 Kings Highway, Floor 10, Shreveport, LA 71103
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
1453 East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 220, Shreveport, LA 71105
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
1453 East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Shreveport, LA 71105
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
3290 Knight Street, Shreveport, LA 71105
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
9007 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport, LA 71106
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
Showing the nearest 5 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Shreveport. 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, 314 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Shreveport. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 53 offer telehealth.
Sophia Shokouh-Amiri, MD
Family medicine · 4700 Hilry Huckaby Avenue, Shreveport
Tymwa Dixon, MD
Family medicine · 4700 Hilry Huckaby III Avenue, Shreveport
John Smith, MD
Family medicine · 9425 Healthplex Drive, Shreveport
Patric Darvie, MD
Family medicine · 3000 Knight Street, Shreveport
Katherine Dean, MD
OB-GYN · 2600 Kings Highway, Shreveport
John Danzell, MD
Family medicine · 2500 Kings Highway, Shreveport
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 Shreveport, LA 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.
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1.1 mi Super 1 Pharmacy
1.3 miMitchell's Drug Store
2.2 miBrookshire's Pharmacy
2.9 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Shreveport, LA.
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 Shreveport, 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
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
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
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 Caddo Parish, the parish that includes Shreveport, compare with Louisiana and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~27% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#14 of 64 Louisiana counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 78% of the state
| Infection | Caddo Parish | Louisiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 914.8 2,071 cases ▲ 15% | 792.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 397.6 900 cases ▲ 38% | 288.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 43.3 98 cases ▲ 66% | 26.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 27.8 63 cases ▲ 42% | 19.6 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 65.4 148 cases ▲ 24% | 52.6 | 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 Caddo Parish, chlamydia has risen from 764.4 to 914.8 per 100,000 (20%), gonorrhea has fallen from 428.4 to 397.6 per 100,000 (7%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 28.2 to 43.3 per 100,000 (54%).
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 Caddo Parish.
Local HIV snapshot
Caddo Parish HIV care continuum (2023)
Caddo Parish recorded 40.2 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 22.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Caddo Parish residents living with HIV, 74.4% are in care · 63.2% 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.
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 Caddo Parish tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Greenwood Road stretches west across Shreveport long enough that reaching the nearest clinic on this page can mean a genuine cross-town drive, which matters when work schedules are already stretched. With labor-force participation notably below the national norm and unemployment running at a meaningful clip, carving out a weekday morning is not a given for many households here. Rent around $812 a month keeps budgets tight for the roughly half of residents who rent, and the limited share of households clearing six figures means out-of-pocket costs are a real consideration when choosing whether to follow through on testing.
That financial and scheduling reality lands hardest on younger adults, people in their late teens and twenties who are at the peak years for STI acquisition and who are also most likely to be balancing hourly work, shared housing near corridors like Claiborne Avenue or US 171, and no paid time off. For that group, the options listed here, sorted by distance and fee structure, lower the practical threshold considerably.
Shreveport households average more than three people, and just over a third of adults are married, meaning many residents are living in shared or family arrangements where one person's sexual health decision ripples outward. A positive screen caught early stays a personal health matter; one that lingers because an appointment never got scheduled can quietly change that calculus for everyone under the same roof.
Getting there
At 6.29/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Shreveport 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.
Shreveport sits in Caddo Parish. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Shreveport? 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 Caddo Parish: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Louisiana 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 Shreveport-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 Shreveport 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Louisiana 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 LouisianaSource: 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.
The closest is WK Elite Internal Medicine (1.6 mi); 11 options are within 30 miles.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
Public clinics nearby offer free HIV testing.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 915 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the Louisiana average.
In Louisiana, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
Absolutely; screening is designed for the symptom-free stage, just wait until the window period closes.
Yes, test after the window period, and if HIV exposure is a concern, ask about PEP within 72 hours.
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