Syphilis in Hudson County runs about 28% lower than the US average. Whether you're considering a new relationship or managing ongoing care in Union City, New Jersey, weigh clinics that may bill insurance against private labs that usually offer a set self-pay price. The options below can help.
Available testing centers
11 testing options are listed for Union City, NJ. The nearest, North Hudson Community Action Corporation Health Center @ Union City High School, is about 0.3 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.
North Hudson Community Action Corporation Health Center @ Union City High School, located in Union City, earned its federal qualification by meeting rigorous standards for income-based fees. Meaning sliding-scale costs apply to everyone. Walk-ins welcome; one visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening without scheduling ahead.
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North Hudson Community Action in Union City weaves STI care into a full community health infrastructure: rapid HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis testing alongside same-visit bacterial treatment, vaccines, and a sliding scale, by appointment, with services available in Spanish.
For someone whose primary language is Spanish (navigating a new diagnosis, weighing treatment options, or asking nuanced questions about a partner's risk) North Hudson Community Action conducts care directly in Spanish, without relay. That means the clinical conversation happens in the language where the details actually land.
The standard STI panel at many clinics stops at the four bacterial and viral basics, leaving hepatitis unexamined unless you specifically seek it elsewhere. North Hudson Community Action tests for hepatitis A, B, and C alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. A single appointment that closes that gap.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Optum in Union City takes walk-ins for the full STI panel (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, rapid and conventional HIV, hepatitis B and C, and TB) with bacterial infections treatable the same visit, vaccines available, and fees scaled to income on a sliding basis.
For anyone whose primary language is Spanish, Optum in Union City delivers care (testing, counseling, treatment planning) entirely in Spanish without routing through a separate resource. That means medication instructions, follow-up timelines, and prevention conversations all happen in the language of the visit itself.
Optum prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, handling the baseline labs, ongoing HIV monitoring, and prescription management that both regimens require. PrEP involves regular HIV and kidney-function testing on a defined schedule, Optum staffs that longitudinal follow-up rather than handing it off.
For someone without a regular specialist or managing costs carefully, Optum's on-site hepatitis C treatment removes the gap between a positive antibody result and access to antivirals. The clinic carries both diagnosis and the treatment course itself, so care doesn't stall at the lab step.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Metropolitan Family Health Network, Inc. at West New York meets patients who are between providers, paying out of pocket, or working around tight budgets. Its federally qualified standing ties fees directly to income. Walk-ins can expect sliding-scale STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia without a prior appointment.
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MedRite Urgent Care in New York tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis on a sliding-scale fee, with walk-ins welcome, same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, and full care delivered in Spanish.
Plenty of testing sites run a tight four-infection panel and leave hepatitis and herpes for a specialist referral: meaning a second appointment, a second wait, and a gap where follow-up often dissolves. MedRite tests for herpes simplex, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C alongside the core bacterial infections, closing that gap in a single visit.
MedRite in New York carries both PrEP and PEP, meaning Truvada or Descovy for daily pre-exposure prevention can be initiated and monitored here, not handed off to a separate prescriber. Keeping that prescription in one place also keeps the required HIV and kidney-function monitoring from slipping between providers.
When a diagnosis or a prevention prescription has to travel through a second language, details compress and questions go unasked, and those questions shape whether treatment actually happens. At MedRite Urgent Care, Spanish-speaking patients receive clinical care, test results, and prescription counseling directly in Spanish, with nothing lost in transit.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Northwell Health in New York tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, HIV, and TB on a fee-based model that accepts Medicare and most insurance; gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis are treated same-visit, and appointments are required. Care is delivered in Spanish.
Many clinics offer translation as a patch, a voice on a phone, a secondhand exchange. At Northwell Health in Spanish is a language of actual clinical care, meaning the counseling, the treatment conversation, and the follow-up all happen directly, without an intermediary filtering the exchange.
Northwell Health in New York prescribes and manages PrEP, including the ongoing HIV and kidney-function monitoring that daily tenofovir-based regimens require, and carries PEP for post-exposure needs, meaning both prevention tools live within the same clinical relationship rather than split across separate providers.
When hepatitis C goes untreated after diagnosis (because the treating specialist is somewhere else, the referral lapses, or the follow-up never happens) liver damage accumulates quietly. Northwell Health in New York treats hepatitis C on-site, keeping the gap between a positive result and active antiviral management as short as a single practice can make it.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Covenant House New York weaves STI testing (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV) into its broader youth-service model, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, HPV and hepatitis vaccines, and a sliding scale that runs to zero; appointments are required.
Covenant House New York charges nothing for STI testing or treatment, which means the decision to come back for follow-up care or to add a vaccine visit isn't weighed against a bill. Zero cost at every step keeps continuity intact.
Spanish-language care at Covenant House New York is delivered by Spanish-speaking staff: meaning medical history, test results, and treatment instructions move through a direct clinical exchange, not a relay. That operational reality shapes how accurately symptom details and treatment adherence get communicated.
Covenant House New York holds substance-use treatment as a standing program alongside its STI services, not a separate referral destination. A patient managing both a treatable infection and active substance use can have those two clinical tracks addressed at the same appointment, under the same roof.
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Listing verified Aug 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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Union City, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 Hudson 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.
668-670 Broadway, Bayonne, NJ 07002
CMS-certified lab
22 Hudson Place, Hoboken, NJ 07030
CMS-certified lab
519 Broadway, Bayonne, NJ 07002
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 Union City. 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, 11,892 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Union City. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 4,262 offer telehealth.
Mohammad Chaudhry, MD
Internal medicine · 570 -574, Union City
Joseph Alexander Paguio, MD
Internal medicine · 2401 Palisade Avenue, Union City
Amanda Shukla, DO Telehealth
Internal medicine · 316 Monastery Place, Union City
Nivin Elias, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 1610 Summit Avenue, Union City
Simcha Weissman, DO
Internal medicine · 3196 Kennedy Boulevard, Union City
Maria Paschalidis, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 3196 Kennedy Boulevard, Union City
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 Union City, NJ 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.
Bright St. Pharmacy & Mini Market
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0.5 mi LML Supermarkets
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0.8 mi Showing the 4 closest pharmacies to Union City, NJ.
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 Union City, 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.
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
$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
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 Hudson County, the county that includes Union City, compare with New Jersey 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.
#7 of 21 New Jersey counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 67% of the state
| Infection | Hudson County | New Jersey | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 487.6 3,440 cases ▲ 27% | 384.1 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 167.7 1,183 cases ▲ 54% | 109.1 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 11.3 80 cases ▲ 40% | 8.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 26.2 185 cases ▲ 152% | 10.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 27.6 195 cases ▲ 73% | 16 | 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 Hudson County, chlamydia has risen from 380.8 to 487.6 per 100,000 (28%), gonorrhea has risen from 103.3 to 167.7 per 100,000 (62%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 11.3 to 11.3 per 100,000.
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 Hudson County.
Local HIV snapshot
Federal priority area: Hudson 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.
Hudson County HIV care continuum (2023)
Hudson County recorded 17.7 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 11.9 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Hudson County residents living with HIV, 88.6% know their status · 65.7% are in care · 60.9% 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 Hudson County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Along John F. Kennedy Boulevard, where families stack three and four generations into apartments above the bodegas and nail salons, the decision to get tested is rarely a private one. In a city where nearly four in five residents rent, and where a $1,225 monthly payment leaves little slack for anything that feels optional, health choices tend to get quietly negotiated around shared budgets and shared schedules rather than made on individual impulse.
That density of obligation matters here because the segment of the population in their late teens and twenties, the years when STI rates run highest, are often folded into those same layered households, splitting costs, sharing cars, and working odd hours along John F. Kennedy Boulevard. For a household already stretching a rental budget, the range of low-cost and sliding-scale options listed here means that cost doesn't have to be the reason a test keeps getting postponed.
Getting there
Union City scores 14.54/20 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.
Union City sits in Hudson County, ZIP 7087. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Union City? 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 Hudson County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under New Jersey 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 Union City-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 Union City 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey, a minor can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment at any age, and to HIV testing at age 13 or older; a provider may notify a parent, and must do so where sexual assault is involved.
New Jersey 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 New JerseySource: 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.
Possibly, New York, NY is close; compare it by distance against North Hudson Community Action Corporation Health Center @ Union City High School.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
Yes, Covenant House New York (2 mi) offers free testing, and public clinics serve the uninsured.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 488 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the New Jersey average.
In New Jersey, 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.
That's a myth; STIs need sexual contact to spread, not surfaces.
Community health centers and family-planning clinics serve all patients, and many offer LGBTQ-affirming care, ask the site directly.
Public health clinics, family-planning clinics, and many school or campus health centers test teens and young adults, often free.
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