San Patricio County sees gonorrhea rates 33% lower than the national average. If you've had a recent risk, or simply test on a regular schedule in Taft, Texas, choose between public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits based on your priorities for cost, speed, and convenience.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Taft, TX. The nearest, Community Action Pediatric Center Sinton, is about 7.4 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.
Community Action Pediatric Center Sinton, in Sinton, earned its federally qualified designation by tying fees to patient income: meaning syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening costs scale with what you actually earn, and no appointment is needed to get started.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Community Action Corporation of South Texas in Sinton runs on sliding-scale fees open to everyone, accepts Medicaid and private insurance, and tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV alongside TB screening: with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines on hand. Appointments required.
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English
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
South Texas Family Planning and Health in Sinton weaves family planning infrastructure into its STI care, offering the full standard panel, same-visit bacterial treatment, and HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines. All on a sliding scale, with walk-in access, at no fee to every patient.
Sliding-scale pricing usually means some patients pay and some don't. At South Texas Family Planning and Health, the scale bottoms out for everyone (testing, treatment, vaccines, counseling) none of it generates a charge, regardless of what a patient brings through the door.
When language services are patched in after the fact, the clinical conversation suffers: nuance gets lost, follow-up questions go unasked, and care stalls. South Texas Family Planning and Health delivers services directly in Spanish, with interpretation available for other languages, so nothing about a patient's care is filtered or delayed by a language gap.
The standard four-infection screen leaves hepatitis off the table entirely. South Texas Family Planning and Health tests for hepatitis A, B, and C in addition to gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV, so a single visit can surface infections that a narrower panel would simply miss.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
South Texas Substance Abuse Recovery Services in Corpus Christi weaves STI care into substance-use recovery, offering rapid and conventional HIV testing, hepatitis B and C, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and TB: walk-ins welcome, sliding scale, and every listed test provided at no fee.
Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, rapid HIV, conventional HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and TB are all explicitly listed as no-fee services. Not discounted, not income-verified, not conditional. That zero-dollar floor holds for every test on the panel.
Spanish is a primary service language at South Texas Substance Abuse Recovery Services, meaning counseling, medication adherence education, and prevention conversations run directly in Spanish without relay. The clinical relationship, not just the intake form, functions in that language.
Substance-use treatment runs alongside STI testing and medication adherence counseling at this Corpus Christi site, so a positive result can be met with support for the behavioral and medical factors at once. No separate referral chain required to begin both conversations.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Amistad Health in Corpus Christi tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicaid and Medicare, with walk-ins welcome. STI treatment and family planning are on-site, and care is delivered in Spanish.
Amistad Health carries Spanish as a direct clinical language, not a workaround, but the working language of the care itself. For someone managing PrEP adherence, discussing STI treatment options, or navigating family planning without a regular provider, that means every clinical exchange happens in full.
Amistad Health initiates and manages both PrEP and PEP, the daily regimen for ongoing HIV prevention and the post-exposure course, meaning prescribing, monitoring labs, and follow-up stay within the same clinic rather than splitting across providers.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
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 7 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Taft, 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 San Patricio 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.
1830 Billy G Webb Drive, Portland, TX 78374
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
1860 Hwy Frontage Road, Suite C, Portland, TX 78374
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
1702 Highway 181 North Suite A-11, Portland, TX 78374
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Taft. 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, 276 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Taft. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 46 offer telehealth.
Linda Lowe Echevarria, DO
Family medicine · 2413 Memorial Parkway, Portland
Angela Pardo, MD
Internal medicine · 311 Buddy Ganem Drive, Portland
Darryl Collins, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 213 Cedar Drive, Portland
Pedro Calzada, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 203 Cedar Drive, Portland
Jerome Lee Sang, MD
Internal medicine · 107 Cedar Drive, Portland
Charles Gregory, DO
Family medicine · 1500 Wildcat Drive, Portland
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 Taft, 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.
Shoreline Pharmacy 2
0.5 mi
7.9 mi 
7.9 mi Moore's Pharmacy
8.1 miShowing the 4 closest pharmacies to Taft, 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 Taft, 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.
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
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 San Patricio County, the county that includes Taft, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~22% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#64 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 75% of the state
| Infection | San Patricio County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 409 289 cases ▼ 17% | 491.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 120.3 85 cases ▼ 32% | 176.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 12.7 9 cases ▼ 15% | 15 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 8.5 6 cases ▼ 68% | 26.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 35.4 25 cases ▼ 20% | 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 San Patricio County, chlamydia has fallen from 487.2 to 409 per 100,000 (16%), gonorrhea has fallen from 173.1 to 120.3 per 100,000 (31%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 13.1 to 12.7 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 San Patricio County.
Local HIV snapshot
San Patricio County HIV care continuum (2022)
San Patricio County recorded 15.7 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 20.2 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among San Patricio County residents living with HIV, 82.9% are in care · 75.6% 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 San Patricio County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Taft draws young adults who find work in the oil and gas sector or stay rooted through family land and business ties, the kind of stability that comes with knowing your neighbors across generations. That same closeness, however, makes confidentiality in health matters feel genuinely important. STD testing in and around Taft is available through clinics and providers listed on this page, and the ability to get screened without word spreading through town matters to people here. The modest cost of living that makes Taft attractive also means health services need to fit real budgets. Routine testing (whether you're entering a new relationship, following up after exposure, or simply staying current with your own health) doesn't have to wait for a paycheck or require a trip far from home.
Testing facilities serve Taft directly, removing one barrier that often delays people from getting answers. Multigenerational households are common, and young adults often navigate health decisions within that context. Confidential STI screening respects your autonomy and your privacy; what you learn stays yours to decide when and how to share. The providers and clinics available in and around Taft understand that discretion isn't paranoia, it's respect for how real people live.
Getting there
At 7.39/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Taft 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 78390 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 78390 area around Taft: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Taft alone.
Taft sits in San Patricio County, ZIP 78390. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Taft? 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 San Patricio 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 Taft-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 Taft 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.
Closest is Community Action Pediatric Center Sinton (7.4 mi), or order an at-home kit to 78390.
Most plans cover STD screening; a clinic or lab can bill insurance, or you can pay a flat self-pay price.
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 409 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Texas average.
In Texas, 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.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 78390; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
Public health clinics, family-planning clinics, and many school or campus health centers test teens and young adults, often free.
Community health centers and family-planning clinics serve all patients, and many offer LGBTQ-affirming care, ask the site directly.
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