Where to Get a Tuberculosis (TB) Test Near You

You can get a TB test at the health department or your health care provider, CDC guidance from 2024 says. CDC guidance from 2024 also advises contacting your state or local TB program to find a testing site. Public and private health plans may cover the cost of the test¹. A CDC directory from 2024 lists 51 state TB programs, covering the 50 states and DC, plus 8 city programs⁸. CDC guidance from 2024 says people at low risk of infection generally do not need a TB test¹.

Some health departments test for free.

The programs that charge nothing are listed in the guide to a free tuberculosis (TB) test.

You can get a TB skin test from health departments, doctors and many walk-in clinics. Plan for two visits, because the test must be read 48 to 72 hours after it is placed. If the reading is missed, the skin test has to be placed again². CDC guidance from 2025 recommends the skin test for children younger than 5³. Some states let pharmacists give it, and Virginia law lets them test adults 18 and older under a statewide protocol. How the injection and the bump work is set out on the PPD skin test for tuberculosis page.

A TB blood test can be done at a health department, a medical office or a lab company patient center. Labcorp OnDemand and Quest sold the QuantiFERON blood test online to buyers 18 and older for $149 on November 1, 2026. Quest added a $6 physician fee on the same date, while Labcorp stated no added fee⁵⁶. The blood test takes one visit⁴. CDC guidance from 2025 prefers it after the BCG vaccine or for people unlikely to return⁴. Results take 2 to 5 days at Labcorp and 2 to 3 business days at Quest⁵⁶. Neither company bills insurance for these online orders⁵⁶. Ordering steps are in the guide to the Labcorp tuberculosis test.

Yes, you can get a TB test at CVS MinuteClinic, which lists both skin and blood tests among its options. It publishes no TB test price and says most insurance is accepted. Its public price list has carried no TB line since at least December 2025⁷. MinuteClinic runs inside more than 900 CVS Pharmacy and Target stores in 33 states and DC⁷. Walk-in visits depend on availability, and an appointment guarantees you will be seen⁷. Visit steps are covered on the CVS tuberculosis test page.

No, you cannot find a TB test listed on the Walgreens or Walmart site, though some clinics inside Walgreens stores offer one. TriHealth Clinic at Walgreens near Cincinnati listed $30 to place a skin test and $30 to read it in November 2026. Walmart closed all 51 of its Walmart Health centers, announced in April 2024 (Walmart, 2024). The Walmart Pharmacy services page lists vaccines and strep, flu and COVID-19 testing, with no TB test. A Walgreens blog post of April 2025 points readers to TB control offices, local clinics and the health department. Store by store, the Walmart tuberculosis test page checks what is offered.

You can get TB screening near you mainly through state and local health department TB programs. Some states make it free; Hawaii says all TB diagnosis and treatment services are free. CDC guidance from 2024 does not say health department testing is free everywhere, so call ahead¹. Philadelphia charges nothing for its TB tests, and uninsured children and adults qualify. New York City Chest Centers test at low or no cost by appointment, need no insurance and ask no immigration questions. Houston charges a sliding-scale fee based on income, and Chicago no longer offers routine screening to the public. Local programs are described on the tuberculosis (TB) clinic page.

You can often get the cheapest TB test near you at the health department, which is free in some states. Elsewhere a skin test averages $69 nationally on MDsave, and Labcorp and Quest listed blood tests at $149 in November 2026. Insurance may cover a TB test, so check your plan first¹. The San Antonio health district charged local residents $69 for TB testing, as read on November 1, 2026. GNR Health in Georgia listed a $30 skin test and an $83 QuantiFERON test in a June 2026 copy. Prices across places are compared in the guide to TB test cost.

Yes, you can: urgent care chains such as AFC, Concentra and MedExpress list TB skin tests and TB blood tests. Self-pay prices differ from one clinic to the next, so check the location you plan to visit. AFC Urgent Care in Somerset, New Jersey listed $55 to place and read a skin test in January 2026. AFC Somerset listed QuantiFERON at $70 in that same January 24, 2026 copy. AFC Urgent Care in Dunn, North Carolina listed $88 for a skin test with its reading, in a May 17, 2026 copy. Visits and costs are covered on the urgent care tuberculosis (TB) test page.

You can get a same-day or walk-in TB test at a lab patient center or clinic; the blood test takes one visit. A skin test can be placed the same day, but it still needs a second visit for the reading. Quest says same-day appointments are often available at most of its 2,000-plus patient service centers⁶. MinuteClinic takes walk-ins at a kiosk, subject to availability⁷. Some health department clinics take no walk-ins, such as the Sedgwick County, Kansas TB clinic. Booking steps are in the guide to the Quest Diagnostics tuberculosis (TB) test.

You can get a two-step TB test, a skin test given twice, where skin tests are placed, such as health departments. The second test is placed 1 to 3 weeks after the first is read, so plan two placements and two readings. Hawaii counts at least 9 days for a two-step test, against at least 2 days for a single test. The two-step test sets a baseline for people retested over time, such as health care workers². CDC guidance from 2023 lets a documented skin test from the previous 12 months count as the first step⁹. A blood test baseline needs no second step⁹. Each step is explained on the two-step tuberculosis (TB) test page.

You can get a TB test for work or school from doctors, urgent care, occupational health clinics and some health departments. Not every public clinic does them: New York City Chest Centers do not test for work or school. Test results from the Philadelphia program count for school, job or immigration paperwork, the city says. Concentra, an occupational health chain, lists the skin test and the QuantiFERON and T-Spot blood tests. CDC guidance from 2019 calls for baseline testing of new health care workers. After that, it advises no routine yearly test unless there is exposure. Latent TB cannot spread, unlike active TB disease, CDC said in 2025, so a positive test does not make you contagious. Employer rules are covered on the tuberculosis (TB) test for employment page.

These short answers cover where the skin test is read and how to get tested without insurance.