Preferred Location: 2021 Pecan St W Pflugerville,TX 78660 Pflugerville Change location
Preferred Location: 2021 Pecan St W Pflugerville,TX 78660 Pflugerville Change location
SaferSTD Preferred Location: 2021 Pecan St W Pflugerville,TX 78660 Pflugerville Change Location
Travis County; home of Pflugerville, and part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are becoming a bigger problem in the region. As a suburb of Austin, Pflugerville shares many of the same issues as its nearest expansive metropolitan area.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention the figures for Texas as of 2017 indicate a combined 2.3 million reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. This represents a 10% increase from 2016.
Mirroring national trends.
With over a thousand new diagnosis of HIV per year in the area and rising, Travis County—including the rest of the Greater Austin area— must contend with an elevated risk of contracting a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), as well as other STDs. Doctors at the city of Austin’s Health Department state that while these trends primarily affect younger adults, that everyone who is sexually active needs to be screened in order to combat those numbers.
For Pflugerville residents, there’s close screening available at a number of Austin locations. The downside is you have to drive or arrange other transportation. There is NextCare Urgent Care, Any Lab Test Now, Total Men’s Primary Care, and more. Most not far off the 35. Free STD testing is often not available for appointment, so be prepared for a long wait in a crowded clinic.
To find the best services and location for you, use our search tools below to compare location features across Pflugerville clinics with our easy-to-read chart.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 (CDC) recommends screening for the most common STDs, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis, herpes 1, herpes 2, and HIV for both men and women. In addition, the CDC suggests women get screened for trichomoniasis.
SaferSTD recommends searching for locations that offer a 10-test panel which tests for the most common bacteria and viral STDs in the U.S. with additional premium add-ons like early HIV detection, if needed.
The CDC2 provides detailed STD testing information as to when you should get tested. In summary, you should get tested today if you are sexually active, never been tested before, have had unprotected sex in the past, or if you exhibit symptoms.
According to the World Health Organization3, the majority of STI cases reported every day, more than one million, are asymptomatic; another reason to get tested today.
You should get tested again in 90 days to rule out STDs that have specific exposure waiting times, including HIV.
STD testing can be a quick and simple process, depending on the type of test you choose and where you get tested. Some may require an oral or genital swab, a urine test or blood sample, or a physical exam to check your genital area for signs of an STD.
SaferSTD has identified preferred providers that require only a urine test, a blood sample, or both without a physical exam.
The speed at which you receive your STD testing results depends on where you get tested. Before you choose your location, find out how long testing results will take.
At-home STD testing results are usually 3-5 business days, depending on the manufacturer of your test. You also need to take into account the amount of time it takes to receive the test or pick one up, perform the test, and ship it back, before the lab can analyze your results and report back to you.
If you test at a public facility such as a neighborhood clinic, you may have to wait a week, if not more for the results, which could delay treatment. If you test through a private facility, they have the fastest turnaround within 1-3 business days.
SaferSTD has researched and identified the most accredited and most reputable testing locations. Click here to find a preferred location near you.
Some STD testing clinics offer same-day walk-in options without an appointment. Below are nearby preferred locations that offer this option.
The cost of STD testing depends on whether you select private, public, or at-home testing, as well as the type of test(s) you need.
Several at-home STD options and public testing locations can cost up to $250, with most on the higher end, depending on the brand and type of testing. Public testing fees also vary based on income and welfare eligibility.
With private testing, you may save money on a low-cost comprehensive 10-test panel that tests for the most common bacterial and viral STDs in the United States.
SaferSTD has researched and identified reputable locations that offer upfront pricing without hidden fees. Click here to find a preferred location near you.
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Ashwell Clinic was founded in 1988 by PLWHA and some medical practitioners. The clinic aimed to offer holistic health-care services to prevent further spread of HIV and promote healthy living among PLWHA in Texas. Some of the services the clinic’s experienced doctors provide include STD testing and treatment and vaccinations.
AIDS Services of Austin is an organization whose focal point is offering consolidated, client-centered, health-care services to HIV negative and positive people living in Texas. It has compassionate doctors who are skilled in offering HIV/STD testing and treatment services. They also provide other services such as medication assistance and oral health care.
TruCare Women's Clinic is a medical facility that offers standard health-care services to promote healthy living in women. Its medical practitioners are well-trained to offer extensive STD testing and treatment services. They also provide services such as abortion education and counseling, ultrasounds, and pregnancy testing.
North Austin Health Center is a Planned Parenthood health clinic that offers its medical services to clients living in Austin, TX, and the surrounding communities. It has competent health-care providers who offer services such as STD testing and treatment, hormone replacement therapy, and family planning. They administer Chlamydia and Gonorrhea tests using urine samples, and they also offer rapid HIV tests whose results may be ready in about 10 to 40 minutes.
Austin Public Health Sexual Health Clinic is an outlet clinic of Austin Public Health Department. The clinic's experienced physicians are proficient in offering STD testing, diagnosis, and treatment services. Other health services available include immunizations and family health care.
MinuteClinic is an urgent care facility that provides quality and quick primary health-care based on clients’ needs. Its clinicians are skilled in offering services such as physicals, vaccinations, treatment of skin conditions, and women’s health care. They also provide precise STD testing and treatment services.
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Description: Getting an STD test at a clinic near you has never been easier. When you choose this location, you can get a doctor's requisition to get tested in as little as 15 minutes. Following your test, you receive your results privately within 2 business days, and can speak to a doctor over the phone with confidence, should results come back as positive.
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Description: Why go to a public clinic? Get convenient and fast STD testing that is 100% confidential. Individual tests under $50. Order online and visit this lab the same day for a quick 15 min test. Get your results online within 1-2 business days, and view them privately. Doctor consultation available over the phone, should results come back as positive.
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Description: Appointments for PrEP should be scheduled prior to showing up at the clinic. Accept most insurances, including Medicaid and Medicare. Also provide care services to those that are under insured or do not have insurance. Services may be free for those that quality.
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Description: The David Powell Clinic provides primary medical care on an outpatient basis to adult HIV-positive residents of the Austin Health Services Delivery Area (HSDA), which includes Travis, Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, and Williamson Counties.
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Description: For women only. For medically underserved and/or uninsured. Must enroll as a patient to receive services.
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Description: AIDS Service Organization. Medical visits by appointment only. Evening appointments available. Clinic offers everything at low or no cost to patients even if they don’t have health insurance or if they are undocumented. Closed Wed., 3:30pm-5pm
Texas is on the list of states with highest rates of STDs. It came in at number eleven on the list with the highest rates of STDs and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to a recent study of the top 100 most sexually diseased cities in the U.S., we see statistics for areas that reported rates higher than 290 per 100,000 people. Nine Texas cities made that list. Killeen (home of Ft. Hood military base) leads in the number 9 spot. San Antonio was the worst big city offender in Texas at number 97. Houston, Austin, and Dallas did not make the top 100. While your area did not make the list, there is still room for improvement.
Texas has the nation’s third-highest rate of unplanned teen pregnancies. It is 63 per 1,000 births for girls 15 to 19. The state has the second-highest rate of multiple births for girls 15 to 19.
HIV infection rates are on the rise in the Austin area. In the 1980’s during the AIDS epidemic, the gay community in Austin lost many members to the disease.
Now, infection rates in Austin are on the rise again. The HIV-positive population in the Greater Austin area has grown by 40% in recent years. The population in Austin is also unique. It reflects shifts in attitudes due to increased access to medication, lack of access to comprehensive sex education, and the explosion of hookup apps in the last few years.
Dr. Philip Huang, the medical director and health authority for the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department reported that there are more than 5,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the Greater Austin area. The rates of infection in Austin don’t reflect other areas like Dallas and Houston. Houston has only seen a 12% increase over the same time period, and Dallas saw a decrease of 23%. The populations most impacted by AIDS/HIV are different in these various locations.
Both Houston and Dallas see the highest rates of infection among African Americans. In Austin the increase is seen among young, white, gay men. It is also impacting other populations as 17% of the infected population are African American women. However, young gay men make up the vast majority of those infected.
The clinic offers STD testing services to all patients regardless of their color, age, national origin, or sexual orientation, at zero out-of-pocket costs.
Ashwell clinic’s Holistic Therapies Program helps to relieve clients from the side effects of medication and chronic illness symptoms. If you need services at the clinic, booking an appointment is required. Additionally, patients may benefit from the Case Management Program which links clients to medical care and adherence to medical treatment.
8101 Cameron Rd, Austin, TX 78754, USA
Clients may benefit from free STD testing services that are availed to everyone without discrimination against color, age, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.
The Health Insurance Program helps HIV positive clients to pay for medication or dental care services. Additionally, through the Case Management Program, clients receive free to low-cost medical care, food, housing, and transportation. Moreover, medical practitioners offer free and confidential STD testing services on an appointment basis.
7215 Cameron Rd, Austin, TX 78752, USA
The clinic provides low-cost STD testing services to women and men without considering their social classes, ages, gender, or sexual orientations.
STD services are available once you book an appointment. Additionally, STD testing and treatment services are rigorously confidential or anonymous. Also, clinicians issue STD test results to clients individually.
209 E Ben White Blvd #201, Austin, TX 78704, USA
Clients aged 19 years and below with no insurance covers may qualify for the Merck Patient Vaccine Assistance Program to receive the HPV vaccine free of charge. Additionally STD testing services are available at a sliding fee scale for uninsured clients, and they may also qualify for a state-funded program.
Clinicians provide discreet STD services and focus on accomplishing the specific needs of each client. Moreover, clients may book appointments or walk in to receive medical services. Additionally, the facility operates for extended hours and offers translation services for clients who don’t speak English or Spanish.
9041 Research #250 #250, Austin, TX 78758, USA
Physicians administer free STD testing services to everyone but they can only test for Genital Herpes if the client has symptoms. Additionally, all treatment services are offered at a low cost and case management services are available for HIV positive clients who are pregnant, homeless, or below 13 years.
The Case Management Program assists HIV positive clients to access medical care and oral and dental health services as well as transportation, nutrition, and housing. You may book appointments to receive services the facility provides. Additionally, the clinic's ethical staff provides confidential STD services.
RBJ Health Center, 1st Floor, 15 Waller St, Austin, TX 78702, USA
The clinic accepts some insurances and uninsured clients may use cash, checks, or credit cards. STD testing is available for all clients aged 18 months and above. However, testing is not available for pregnant persons.
The clinic is open seven days every week and clients don't need to book appointments to receive medical services. Additionally, clients may receive services at the comfort of their homes through video visits. Also, clinicians provide discreet services, and they avail test results in-person.
2013 Kelly Ln, Pflugerville, TX 78660, USA
The way sex education looks in Texas today is the way it has looked for years. Under the law, abstinence must be taught as the first and best choice.
Everything else is optional, including talking about disease prevention, conception, and sex education. Some believe that Texans must demand more adequate sex education for students. At a time where apps make hooking up easier than ever, effective sex education is integral to addressing issues such as the misconceptions around the continued severity of HIV infection.
At a time when infections among young people is on the rise, this refusal to move towards more comprehensive sex education can increase the chance for STDs according to some. David Wiley is a health education professor at Texas State University. He is a critic of abstinence only sex education. He notes that currently student have misconceptions he sees in his classes.
Some male students ask about their chances of getting cervical cancer. Some female students have no idea how birth control works. Texas now ranks third in teen pregnancies, first in repeat teen births, and sixth for gonorrhea among young women. It ranks 12th for diagnosed HIV cases among teenagers.
Abstinence only education has not helped those numbers. Several studies of Centers for Disease Control data have shown that states with abstinence-only sex education have higher rates of teen pregnancy than those with more comprehensive programs.
Research from the University of Texas shows that ten percent of sixth-graders have had sex, and by 12th grade 70 percent of teens have had sex. This means more than 800,000 teens in Texas are or have been sexually active.
Demographics play a role in STD rates in the city and area. The high school and young adult demographic is the focus of many STD prevention programs. Those who are 15 to 24 years old are the demographic for men and women that show the highest numbers and rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea. About half of all new STD diagnoses are among young people.
Compared with older adults, sexually active people ages 15 to 24 are at higher risk of getting an STD. However, we should also keep in mind that locations throughout Texas can be a good place for a retired person so we should look at STD rates in seniors.
The Center for Disease Control notes increases in senior citizen population STDs. Since 2007, incidence of syphilis among seniors is up by 52 percent. Chlamydia is up 32 percent. Senior citizens are sexually active and practicing unprotected sex. Medicare now offers STD screenings for seniors.
Factors in the growing numbers include Americans are living longer and healthier lives with an interest in sex. Viagra and similar pills are another factor as are progesterone and estrogen creams for older women. Since pregnancy is not an issue, seniors could feel that unprotected sex is an option. Seniors have not received an education in how unprotected sex can lead to STDs. Retirement communities are areas where STD rates are rising. Age tends to make people more rather than less susceptible to disease.
As you get older, your immune system tends to weaken. You can be more prone to infection. This can be a concern also if a senior has an STD, is fighting it off, and could become more vulnerable to another infection.
Seniors need education on STDs. They need the same information young people get.
There are several options available to you for STI testing near your city. Austin Public Health operates an STD Clinic. It is on Waller Street in the RBJ Health Center. The facility provides evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of STDs.
Note the center can test for genital herpes only if you have active symptoms. The facility works to prevent the spread of HIV by providing anonymous HIV counseling, testing, and referral for early intervention services.
The facility also offers free confidential and anonymous counseling and testing for HIV, syphilis, hepatitis C, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. Testing is available at many locations around the Austin area. Contact the office for information about the location closest to you.
The North Austin Health Center of Planned Parenthood is about 20 miles away from your city. This facility is another place that can help you with STD education, testing, and treatment. The staff is trained to help you with your situation. The facility offers STD testing, diagnosis, and treatment including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Additionally, the center provides testing and diagnosis for HIV and testing, diagnosis, and treatment for bacterial vaginosis, genital warts, herpes, and trichomoniasis. STD prevention services include condoms, HPV (Gardasil) vaccines, hepatitis B vaccines, and STD/safer sex education.
If you are embarrassed to be seen at Planned Parenthood you could consider the hospital or urgent care option. No one will know why you are there.
Yet another option is a private service such as PlushCare. You order your STD tests. Then you visit a local lab. Then you get results via email in three business days or less. When you order you choose the tests you want to order. If you do not know for sure which tests to order, call the service so they can help. When you visit a local lab you bring with you a personalized lab order form.
There is no appointment needed. It takes one blood and/or urine sample and about 15-30 minutes. If results show a need for treatment, you connect with the service and a doctor to provide a treatment plan.
Whether you go to the Planned Parenthood at the Austin Health Center, a high school counsellor or nurse, an online service, or a clinic or hospital, you can find in your area information about STDs, testing, and treatment. While STD rates are high in your city and area, help is available in your area in the way of testing and treatment that is confidential, discreet, compassionate, and effective.
Consider how the staff at these facilities is trained to help someone like you, especially with the staff at the Planned Parenthood Austin Medical Center or any other facility reminding you to check your health, improve it, and keep yourself healthy by always using a condom to practice safe sex. Here are links to resources mentioned above.
Each page below contains a detailed report of the local area, location STD statistics and clinic reviews of some the top STD testing locations. The content is curated by our very own editors and medical experts.
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