STD Testing in So-Hi, AZ: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
In Mohave County, new HIV diagnoses run about 34% lower than the US average. Whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening in So-Hi, Arizona, consider that public clinics keep costs down, private labs prioritize speed, and at-home kits trade a clinic visit for convenience. Below, see your options for testing.
6 testing options are listed for So-Hi, AZ. The nearest, Mohave County Department of Public Health, is about 6.2 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.
Closest to you 6.2 miles
Mohave County Department of Public Health
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Mohave County Department of Public Health in Kingman tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis A on a sliding-scale fee, with HIV testing free; appointments are required, bacterial STIs are treated the same visit, and all services carry no fee.
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No Fee Applies to Every Service Here
When cost becomes the reason someone skips a follow-up dose, a second appointment, or STI treatment entirely, the gap in care is real and measurable. Mohave County Department of Public Health closes that gap, every test, every vaccine, every treatment visit runs at no charge, so nothing gets deferred because a bill is coming.
Spanish-Language Care Without the Handoff
When a clinical conversation gets routed through a workaround (delayed, abbreviated, stripped of nuance) the counseling that shapes a decision about treatment or prevention loses its weight. At Mohave County Department of Public Health in Kingman, Spanish is a direct service language, so HIV counseling, STI education, and partner notification happen in full, not in fragments.
North Country HealthCare in Kingman is a federally supported community health center, which means STI testing (rapid and conventional HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis C, and TB) sits alongside treatment, PrEP, and vaccines, all on a sliding scale, by appointment, at no cost.
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Every Service Runs on a Zero-Dollar Fee
North Country HealthCare carries a true no-fee structure across its full scope: testing, treatment, PrEP, HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccines, and ongoing HIV care. That coverage extends to Medicaid and Medicare holders and to anyone on the sliding scale, with no service carved out.
Spanish Serves the Full Clinical Encounter
Spanish is a working clinical language at North Country HealthCare in Kingman, meaning STI counseling, PrEP initiation, and HIV care discussions happen directly in Spanish. Not relayed through a secondary channel. For a patient whose medical reasoning happens in Spanish, that directness shapes what gets said and understood.
HIV Testing Here Connects Directly to Long-Term Treatment
Many testing sites hand off HIV-positive patients to external care systems with no guaranteed continuity. North Country HealthCare, funded through the Ryan White program, holds the full arc in-house, from the initial rapid test through HIV/AIDS medical treatment, so a diagnosis doesn't trigger a search for the next provider.
Tests & treatsRyan White HIV careSliding-scalePrEP
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 about 6 miles away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to So-Hi, 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 So-Hi, AZ
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Mohave 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.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near So-Hi. 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 So-Hi, AZ who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 118 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of So-Hi. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 21 offer telehealth.
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 So-Hi, AZ
Compare the pharmacies closest to So-Hi, AZ. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
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 So-Hi, 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
Nurx
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
STDs & HIV in Mohave County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Mohave County, the county that includes So-Hi, compare with Arizona and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~6% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#14 of 15 Arizona counties for chlamydia, among the lowest in the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Mohave County vs Arizona vs U.S.
Mohave CountyArizonaU.S.▲▼ = Mohave County vs the state average
Infection
Mohave County
Arizona
United States
Chlamydia
188.2421 cases▼ 66%
552.5
492.2
Gonorrhea
52.8118 cases▼ 72%
190.7
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
15.635 cases▼ 35%
24.1
15.8
Syphilis (early)
818 cases▼ 67%
24.6
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
24.154 cases▼ 56%
55.3
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.
Reported STD rates in Mohave County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▼ 7% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Mohave County, chlamydia has fallen from 217.1 to 188.2 per 100,000 (13%), gonorrhea has fallen from 81.6 to 52.8 per 100,000 (35%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 3.8 to 15.6 per 100,000 (311%).
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 So-Hi, AZ
Adults uninsured
16.9%
No routine checkup
27.6%
No transportation
10.6%
Binge drinking
15.2%
Frequent mental distress
16.3%
Depression
19.3%
Below poverty line
21%
Primary-care ratio
1,877 : 1
Mohave County
Primary-care shortage score 19 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 36.8
Social Vulnerability Index · 85th 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 Mohave County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Mohave County (2023)
People living with HIV
161 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
18cases countywide
On PrEP (coverage)
15.9%
Mohave County HIV care continuum (2023)
Mohave County recorded 9.1 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 14.6 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Mohave County residents living with HIV, 78.5% are in care · 67.3% 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 Mohave County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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A trip to the pharmacy or a weekend drive toward Castle Rock often brings So-Hi residents past the clinics and urgent care facilities where STI testing happens quietly and without fanfare. Young adults in the area, a notably present group, have found that straightforward access to confidential screening fits into ordinary life here, whether they're between jobs, establishing themselves in a new relationship, or simply staying on top of their health. The testing sites listed on this page operate within the rhythms of the town, and staff understand that discretion isn't theater; it's a baseline expectation. What sets testing in So-Hi apart is the absence of the small-town surveillance that can loom large elsewhere. A person can walk in, get tested, and leave without the assumption that everyone will know by dinner.
Providers here treat screening as routine medical care, not as a marker of anything beyond what it is: a straightforward health step. Results are yours alone. Getting tested matters most when life is in flux (moving, dating, changing partners) and So-Hi's young adult population knows that waiting or avoiding screening only postpones peace of mind. The clinics and urgent care centers in and around So-Hi offer the same confidentiality and professionalism as anywhere else, with the local advantage of being woven into a community where health decisions stay private.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in So-Hi, AZ
Walkability3.83 / 20 · Least walkable
At 3.83/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in So-Hi 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 86413 snapshot
Residents
12,075
Median age
58.1
Median income
$42,752
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 86413 area around So-Hi: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not So-Hi alone.
So-Hi sits in Mohave County, ZIP 86413. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Castle Rock
Mayswell Peak
Cerbat
Cerbat Peak
Silver Mountain
Coyote Pass
Major routes
US 93 (Hoover Dam–Kingman Highway)
AZ 68 (Bullhead City–Kingman Highway)
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near So-Hi, AZ
Just outside So-Hi? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in So-Hi, AZ: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Mohave County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Arizona 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 So-Hi-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 So-Hi 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 ArizonaMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on Arizona 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 Arizona, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Can my partner be treated too? (EPT)
Arizona 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.
