Private STD Testing in Chicago, IL

Yes. The Chicago Department of Public Health runs sexual health clinics with free testing and treatment, and Howard Brown Health and the Center on Halsted offer free or sliding-scale HIV and STI testing. If cost is the only thing stopping you, use them. The trade-offs are clinic hours, a wait, a visit that goes on file with the clinic, and results that can take longer. We are a paid service, and what you pay for is speed and privacy: order today, go to any of our labs without an appointment, no exam, nothing billed to insurance, and a result in your own account in 1–2 business days.

CVS MinuteClinic locations in Chicago do offer STD testing, but it is a clinic visit: you book, see a provider, the visit is billed to insurance or paid out of pocket at clinic prices, and the visit goes on file with the clinic. Walgreens sells at-home collection kits you mail in. With us there is no exam and no appointment; the doctor's order is included, you give the sample at a lab in about five minutes, and the charge on your card shows as RSC Health.

One flat price that includes the doctor’s order, the lab visit and your results – no facility fees, no separate lab bill and nothing billed to insurance. Call (866) 872-1888 and a care advisor will quote it in about a minute, or see the Tests & Pricing page if you prefer to order online.

Wabash Avenue is in the Loop itself, a block from Millennium Park and the Washington/Wabash L. From Wicker Park, Bucktown or Old Town, North Halsted or Division Street are minutes away. From Lakeview or DePaul, Clybourn Avenue in Lincoln Park is closest.

Yes. Five Chicago locations open Saturday mornings: both North Halsted suites, Division Street, Milwaukee Avenue in Portage Park and Peterson Avenue in Sauganash. Several suburban locations open Saturdays too. Check the hours on each location's page, and order online or call first so your lab order is waiting.

The closest locations for the South Side are Bedford Park by Midway Airport and Oak Lawn, both a short drive from Beverly, Ashburn, Chicago Lawn and Hyde Park. Wabash Avenue in the Loop is the closest inside the city limits, and it is on the Red, Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Pink and Purple lines.

No. Anyone can use any location, and people come in from the suburbs, Northwest Indiana and Wisconsin every day. If Oak Lawn, Park Ridge, Schaumburg, Lombard or Orland Park is closer to home or work, each has its own page with addresses and hours.

No. We never bill insurance, so nothing appears on a family plan or a student health plan statement, and we never mail anything. Your results are posted only to your password-protected account, the lab staff see a lab order rather than a reason, and the charge on your card reads RSC Health.

At any of the 7 locations on this page. Order online or call first so your lab order is waiting when you arrive – the lab itself does not sell tests or take payment.

You don’t have to explain anything at the lab. They see a lab order, take a small sample, and you leave. Nobody asks why you’re there, and to the other people in the waiting room it’s a routine lab visit – our partner labs collect samples for many kinds of testing.

It depends on the infection – some show up in days, others take a few weeks. Call us and we’ll tell you the right timing for your situation so you don’t get a false “all clear.”

Most STDs are cured with medication, and the rest are managed with treatment that lets you live normally. Our care team calls you, explains the result in plain language, and sets up a physician consultation – a prescription, an in-person visit or a referral, depending on the infection.

No. The doctor’s order is included when you order, and every location takes you without an appointment once you’ve ordered.

No. We never bill insurance, so nothing goes to your insurer and nothing appears on a parent’s or spouse’s insurance statement.

Most results are ready in 1–2 business days and are posted to your private online account. Results are never mailed or texted.