New HIV diagnoses in Los Angeles County run about 43% higher than the US average. If you've had a recent risk or test on a regular schedule in Signal Hill, California, you have options that balance cost and convenience. Community and public clinics are often low-cost or free, while private labs tend to offer faster results and more flexible scheduling. See the listings below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Signal Hill, CA. The nearest, The Children's Clinic, is about 1.0 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.
The Children's Clinic in Long Beach welcomes walk-in patients for STI screening without requiring an appointment. Federal qualification underpins a sliding-scale fee structure tied to income, and a single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing together.
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Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV, treating bacterial infections the same visit and offering PrEP and MPox vaccination. All on a sliding scale, walk-ins welcome, with every service provided at no fee.
Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services charges nothing for any service it provides. That zero-cost structure means PrEP initiation, HIV testing, STI treatment, and vaccination all happen without a bill waiting at the end. The care you need doesn't hinge on what you can pay that day.
Spanish functions as a working clinical language at Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, not a backup option. Counseling, medication adherence education, and prevention conversations happen directly in Spanish, so the nuances of a PrEP regimen or a partner notification plan land clearly the first time.
Without Ryan White funding, a positive HIV result often means a diagnosis in one place and ongoing medical management somewhere else. A gap where people fall through. Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services carries Ryan White-backed care from initial testing straight through to HIV/AIDS medical treatment, keeping the entire continuum in one place.
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Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Miller Children's and Women's Hospital in Long Beach brings STI testing into a full hospital infrastructure, where gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid or conventional HIV are covered on a fee-based, insurance-accepted scale, with same-visit bacterial treatment and appointments required. PrEP and PEP are both available here.
Plenty of testing sites hand off prevention prescribing to another provider entirely. Miller Children's and Women's Hospital in Long Beach writes PrEP for ongoing HIV prevention and PEP for post-exposure needs, keeping both under the same clinical roof where your results live.
Miller Children's and Women's Hospital in Long Beach treats hepatitis C on-site, which means a confirmed diagnosis doesn't send you searching for a specialist. The clinical relationship that starts at testing continues straight through to antiviral management.
Testing at Miller Children's and Women's Hospital in Long Beach covers hepatitis B and hepatitis C alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV, so conditions that share transmission routes with bacterial STIs get caught in the same appointment rather than requiring a separate visit elsewhere.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
The Children's Clinic – S. Mark Taper Foundation Children's Clinic Family Health Center in Long Beach anchors its STI care in federal FQHC funding, which means fees slide with your income. Walk in for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening: no appointment needed, and no one is turned away for inability to pay.
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TCC Family Health in Long Beach meets patients wherever they are in the coverage gap (uninsured, paying out of pocket, or between providers) through its federally qualified health center status, which anchors sliding-scale fees to income. Walk-in STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
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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 1 mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Signal Hill, 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 Los Angeles 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.
1850 Redondo Ave Suite 108, Signal Hill, CA 90755
CMS-certified lab
4013 Sawtelle Blvd Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90066
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
245 Fair Oaks Avenue, South Pasadena, CA 91030
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Signal Hill. 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, 7,776 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Signal Hill. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 3,131 offer telehealth.
Samuel Benjamin, MD
Family medicine · 4800 East Los Coyotes Diagonal, Long Beach
Peter Ferrera, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 1050 Linden Avenue, Long Beach
Alexis Amonic, MD
Internal medicine · 1050 Linden Avenue, Long Beach
Juan Polanco, MD
Internal medicine · 1050 Linden Avenue, Long Beach
Jason Chou, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 3780 Kilroy Airport Way, Long Beach
Jose Gonzalez, MD
Internal medicine · 3800 Kilroy Airport Way, Long Beach
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 Signal Hill, CA 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.
0.2 mi Food4less Pharmacy
0.2 miUniversal Compounding Pharmacy
0.7 miT&C Pharmacy
0.9 miClinic Pharmacy
0.9 miAviva Pharmacy
1.0 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Signal Hill, CA.
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 Signal Hill, 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 $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or 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 Los Angeles County, the county that includes Signal Hill, compare with California 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.
#6 of 58 California counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 90% of the state
| Infection | Los Angeles County | California | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 602.3 58,200 cases ▲ 23% | 491.1 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 291.8 28,195 cases ▲ 53% | 190.2 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 21.6 2,085 cases ▲ 33% | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 33.1 3,198 cases ▲ 73% | 19.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 50.2 4,848 cases ▲ 7% | 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.
Between 2020 and 2023 in Los Angeles County, chlamydia has risen from 529.6 to 602.3 per 100,000 (14%), gonorrhea has risen from 259.8 to 291.8 per 100,000 (12%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 22.6 to 21.6 per 100,000 (4%).
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 Los Angeles County.
Local HIV snapshot
Federal priority area: Los Angeles 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.
Los Angeles County HIV care continuum (2023)
Los Angeles County recorded 19.6 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 14.9 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Los Angeles County residents living with HIV, 91.6% know their status · 72.8% are in care · 65.2% 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 Los Angeles County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Signal Hill's working households, many anchored by professionals commuting to offices across Los Angeles, tend to operate on tight schedules, which makes STI testing straightforward to slot into existing routines. For young adults navigating careers, relationships, and the rhythm of life in a household where multiple generations often share space, a quick screening visit fits neatly between work and home. Testing in and around Signal Hill, listed on this page, includes clinics positioned for easy access whether you're near Willowville or heading down toward Bixby Knolls. The community's character (stable, family-centered, and generally resourced) means most residents have both the means and the stability to seek routine screening without disruption. What changes the calculus is privacy.
In a neighborhood where people tend to stay put, where professional reputations matter, and where word travels, confidentiality isn't abstract. It's the reason you choose a specific clinic, and it's why the testing process itself (simple, fast, and sealed) becomes the practical reassurance that what happens during your visit remains yours alone. Young adults in Signal Hill often prioritize their sexual health as part of basic self-care, the same way they schedule check-ups or dental work. Whether you're establishing a baseline before a new relationship, checking in after a potential exposure, or simply building the habit of annual screening, the clinics available in and around town support that choice without fanfare or judgment.
Getting there
Signal Hill scores 11/20 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 90755 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 90755 area around Signal Hill: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Signal Hill alone.
Signal Hill sits in Los Angeles County, ZIP 90755. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Signal Hill? 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 Los Angeles 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.
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 Signal Hill-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 Signal Hill 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 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).
In California, a minor aged 12 or older can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
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.
Learn more about confidential STD testing in CaliforniaSource: 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.
Yes, several local labs offer same-day walk-in testing; best to call first.
Usually yes, it can be billed to insurance, or paid out of pocket at a flat rate.
Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, about 1.1 mi away, provides free testing.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Los Angeles County reported ~602 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the California average.
In California, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
Telling recent partners lets them test and treat; many health departments offer confidential partner-notification help.
Little prep is needed, bring an ID and insurance if you have it, and note your exposure dates and any symptoms; for a urine test, avoid peeing for about an hour beforehand.
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