West Haven is near New Haven: the chlamydia rate is about 511 cases per 100,000 residents. You may want a one-time check-up or regular screening in West Haven, Connecticut. See the options below to weigh community clinics against private labs.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for West Haven, CT. The nearest, Quest Diagnostics, is about 0.8 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.
West Haven Health Center, in West Haven, structures its fees on a sliding scale tied to income, so cost alone won't keep someone from care. As a federally qualified site, it screens for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. No appointment required.
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Columbus House Shelter Clinic in New Haven welcomes walk-in visits, so no appointment stands between a patient and same-day STI care. Its federally qualified status anchors a sliding-scale fee structure tied to income, covering screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia in a single visit.
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Cornell Scott Hill Health Center, a federally qualified community health center in New Haven, brings the full depth of primary care infrastructure to STI testing (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B and C, and TB) on a sliding scale, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, by appointment, at no fee.
Many sliding-scale clinics still carry a floor, some minimum charge that applies regardless of income. At Cornell Scott Hill Health Center, the scale runs all the way down: every service, from the initial test to HIV or hepatitis C treatment, is available at no cost.
Cornell Scott Hill Health Center delivers care in Spanish at the clinical level, not only at check-in. For someone navigating PrEP dosing, a hepatitis C treatment plan, or family planning, working through those decisions in Spanish with the provider directly shapes what care actually looks like.
Most clinics leave younger patients dependent on a parent's insurance or consent for sexual health services. Cornell Scott Hill Health Center's Title X designation changes that: family planning services for minors are legally confidential, with no parental notification required.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Martha's Place in New Haven welcomes walk-ins for STI screening, so no appointment stands between you and same-day care. Federal FQHC designation backs a sliding-scale fee structure, with testing for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia adjusted to what each patient can pay.
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South Central Rehab Center, serving New Haven, anchors its STI care in a sliding-scale fee structure tied to income. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-in screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia through its federally qualified health center standing.
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Haven Free Clinic in New Haven covers HIV and TB testing, HPV, hepatitis A and B vaccines, and family planning. Every service at no fee, no sliding scale, no cost at any income level. Appointments are required.
Haven Free Clinic's no-fee model is sustained through Ryan White funding and grant support: meaning the budget absorbs the cost of testing, vaccines, and treatment rather than billing patients or adjusting charges based on income. Every service line is staffed and supplied under that same funding structure.
Spanish-language services at Haven Free Clinic run through clinicians and staff who work directly in Spanish, not routed through a secondary layer. Appointments, education, and treatment conversations happen in Spanish as the working language of the visit, not as an accommodation requested at check-in.
Many testing sites hand off HIV-positive patients the moment a result is confirmed, leaving ongoing management to whoever can be reached next. Haven Free Clinic, funded through Ryan White, carries that care forward. From the initial conventional HIV test through treatment and long-term monitoring, all within the same clinic.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
A community safety-net federally qualified health center about 3 miles from West Haven. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and TB on a sliding-scale fee with Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance accepted; appointments are required, and bacterial STIs are treated same visit.
Yale-New Haven Hospital carries Spanish-language care and interpretation services as built-in clinical resources, not arranged after arrival. For anyone navigating STI testing, PrEP counseling, or HIV care while working primarily in another language, every conversation happens in full, not in shorthand.
Ryan White funding at Yale-New Haven supports HIV care from initial testing through ongoing antiretroviral management: meaning prescribing, lab monitoring, and clinical follow-up happen within the same program. That funding structure keeps patients connected to the same care team rather than cycling between separate providers.
Yale-New Haven prescribes both PrEP and PEP, with dedicated program support for uninsured patients seeking PrEP. Getting the prescription and the clinical relationship in one place means fewer hand-offs before medication actually starts.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, 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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to West Haven, 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 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 New Haven 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.
950 Campbell Ave 1st Floor Building 1, West Haven, CT 06516
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
300 Heffernan Drive, B36, West Haven, CT 06516
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
114-152 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516
CMS-certified lab
764 Campbell Avenue, Unit - F, West Haven, CT 06516
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Showing the nearest 4 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near West Haven. 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, 1,716 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of West Haven. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 702 offer telehealth.
Li Zhu, MD
Family medicine · 764 Campbell Avenue, West Haven
Channa Perera, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 755 Campbell Avenue, West Haven
Nabeel Qureshi, MD
Internal medicine · 748 Savin Avenue, West Haven
Chioma Nwokolo-Nwangwu, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 385 Main Street, West Haven
Elvin Griffith, MD
Internal medicine · 377 Main Street, West Haven
Garth Oliver, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 603 Savin Avenue, West Haven
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 West Haven, CT 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.
0.5 mi Stop & Shop Pharmacy
0.5 miWest Haven Pharmacy
0.7 miLiberty Pharmacy
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1.0 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to West Haven, CT.
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 West Haven, 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
$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
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 New Haven County, the county that includes West Haven, compare with Connecticut and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2021 surveillance data. An estimated ~31% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#1 of 17 Connecticut counties for chlamydia, among the very highest in the state
| Infection | New Haven County | Connecticut | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 511.3 4,416 cases ▲ 40% | 364.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 197.1 1,702 cases ▲ 74% | 113.3 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 11.9 103 cases ▲ 63% | 7.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 11.8 102 cases ▲ 269% | 3.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 7.8 67 cases ▼ 49% | 15.3 | 29.5 |
Rates per 100,000 population, 2021. 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 2021 in New Haven County, chlamydia has risen from 435.5 to 511.3 per 100,000 (17%), gonorrhea has risen from 189.2 to 197.1 per 100,000 (4%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 9.1 to 11.9 per 100,000 (31%).
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 New Haven County.
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 New Haven County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Data & references
Local context
City Point Historic District sits close enough to the waterfront that Sea Street becomes part of the daily rhythm, whether you're heading to work, dropping kids at school, or running errands along US 1. That closeness to daily life matters when you think about STI screening, because the people most likely to benefit from regular testing, young adults in their late teens and twenties, are also the ones whose schedules leave the least room for a special trip across town. West Haven's household picture is worth understanding here. Just over half of residents own their homes, which means a substantial share are renters carrying a monthly cost that shapes every discretionary decision, including whether a clinic visit feels financially manageable.
Unemployment is notably elevated compared to national norms, so time off work for an appointment carries real stakes for many households. The Hill and Oyster Point Historic District draw residents from across West Haven's mix of family households and people living alone, many of whom travel US 1 routinely. If you're already moving along that corridor, checking which listed clinic sits closest to your usual route turns a standing errand into the path of least resistance toward a test.
Getting there
West Haven scores 12.86/20 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 06516 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 06516 area around West Haven: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not West Haven alone.
West Haven sits in New Haven County, ZIP 06516. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside West Haven? 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 New Haven County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Connecticut 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 West Haven-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 West Haven 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 Connecticut 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 Connecticut, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Connecticut 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 ConnecticutSource: 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 Haven, CT is close; compare it by distance against Quest Diagnostics.
Most plans cover STD screening; a clinic or lab can bill insurance, or you can pay a flat self-pay price.
Yes, Cornell Scott Hill Health Center (2.2 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 511 cases per 100,000 residents (2021), above the Connecticut average.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
In Connecticut, 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 06516; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
Syphilis is found with a simple blood test; a reactive screen is confirmed with a second blood test.
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