STD Testing in Tempe, Arizona

Choose the STD testing option you’re most comfortable with:

• Private clinic: Your primary care physician or OB-GYN can order STD tests.
• Local lab: Some labs offer direct testing without a doctor’s orders.
• Community clinic: A community clinic, such as city or county clinics, or nonprofit organizations may offer STD testing. Some offer STD tests for free or low cost.
• At home: You can test for STDs at home using a kit and send your sample to a lab for analysis.

If you think you might have an STD, it’s best to get tested. STDs don’t go away if you ignore them; they’ll just get worse and could grow into more serious health consequences. If left untreated, some STDs can lead to issues like infertility and more serious infections. You can also spread STDs to sexual partners if you have an untreated infection.

Ask your health care provider for STD testing recommendations or follow CDC recommendations for STD testing.

You can request specific STD tests or a full panel. An STD clinic can recommend tests based on your sexual health and symptoms.

A routine STD panel may include:

• Chlamydia
• Gonorrhea
• HIV 1 and 2
• Syphilis

A full-panel STD test adds:

• Herpes (oral, genital)
• Hepatitis (A, B, C)

The cost of an STD test will vary by location and test type. Some clinics, usually community or nonprofit clinics, offer free or low-cost testing. Labs, clinics, and at-home testing companies may accept insurance to cover or lower your cost of testing.

Lab testing fees range from $8 to $150. At home tests cost between $35 and $175 per test.

Appointment policies vary by location, so call ahead or check the clinic website before you head in for a test. Some clinics or testing centers accept walk-ins or have same-day or next-day appointments.

Your STD test results time will depend on the test. Some clinics offer rapid HIV testing, which can offer results in less than 30 minutes. Bacterial STD testing (chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis) takes several days to get results, while viral STD testing (HPV, herpes, or HIV) results can take just one to two days.

Community-based STD testing organizations generate awareness and foster social change while providing access to testing and treatment.

If you’re concerned about visiting your regular doctor or can’t afford the cost of private testing, a community testing center may be able to help. While community testing centers may charge a fee for STD testing, it’s common to find free or low-cost testing from these resources:

Be Well Family Care

Be Well Family Care offers you free HIV testing and low-cost STD testing with a sliding fee scale if you qualify. The clinic also accepts insurance and Medicaid. You can request conventional or rapid HIV testing and gonorrhea, herpes, syphilis, chlamydia, and hepatitis B and C testing. Appointments are recommended, but walk-in STD testing and treatment services are available. Services are available Monday through Saturday.

1845 E. Broadway, Suite 116
Tempe, AZ. 85282
(480) 410-4128
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Maricopa County STD Clinic

The Maricopa County STD Clinic charges a $20 fee for services, but you can get HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea testing and treatment if necessary. You’ll never be turned away for an inability to pay, and there are also free testing opportunities. You don’t need an appointment to visit the walk-in STD clinic.

1645 E. Roosevelt St.
Phoenix, AZ 85006
(602) 506-1678
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Mountain Park Health Center

Mountain Park Health Center’s Tempe Clinic requires you to make an appointment to be seen Monday through Friday. You can schedule low-cost hepatitis B and C, chlamydia, gonorrhea, conventional HIV, and syphilis testing. The health center accepts Medicare, private insurance, and Medicaid. It also has a sliding fee scale if you don’t have medical coverage and qualify for a discount.

1840 E. Broadway Road
Tempe, AZ. 85282
(602) 243-7277
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Planned Parenthood Arizona

Planned Parenthood’s Tempe Regional Health Center provides you with STD services in English and Spanish Wednesday through Saturday. You can make an appointment or ask about same-day appointments for HIV testing and gonorrhea, herpes, chlamydia, and syphilis testing and treatment. Condoms, HPV vaccines are also available. If you don’t have insurance, you may qualify for a sliding-fee scale or state-funded program, but you’ll never be turned away if you can’t pay.

1837 E. Baseline Road
Tempe, AZ. 85283
(602) 277-7526
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Valleywise Community Health Center — Mesa

You must make an appointment to be seen at Valleywise Community Health Center’s Mesa clinic, where you can get low-cost preventive care, testing, and treatment for chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhea, and syphilis. The clinic also offers hepatitis A and B vaccines. There’s a sliding-fee discount program and other resources if you’re uninsured to help make your care more affordable. You can also use Medicare, private insurance, or Medicaid. Services are available Monday through Friday.

59 S. Hibbert
Mesa, AZ. 85210
(480) 344-6200
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• CDC | 2019 STD Surveillance Report  | Last accessed March 2022
• CDC | Which STD Tests Should I Get? | Last accessed March 2022
• HHS | Your Rights Under HIPAA | Last accessed March 2022