We can help you
- Find out if you have Hep C.
How it works
All services are confidential for all patients.
Who we help
Hepatitis C can infect people of all ages. Early diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis C can help prevent life-threatening liver damage, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Most people don't know they are infected and can live decades without symptoms.
There are many options for getting tested for Hepatitis C in Rhode Island, including:
- Talk to your primary care doctor about getting checked for Hep C;
- Learn about RIDOH's TESTING 1-2-3 program, which offers HIV, Hepatitis C, and STI testing without a doctor’s visit.
- Go to the Miriam Hospital STI Clinic, which has regular walk-in hours.
- Any urgent care center if you have symptoms;
- Visit a Community Health Center Express Clinic (you don't have to be an established patient). These include:
- Blackstone Valley Community Health Center's Express Health Care in Central Falls and Pawtucket;
- Providence Community Health Center's Express Clinic;
- Thundermist Health Centers Convenient Care in Wakefield, West Warwick, and Woonsocket;
- Go to a CVS Minute Clinic for testing.
- Contact or visit Open Door Health’s Express Screening Clinic.
- Contact the Infectious Disease Clinic at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence.
- For free rapid HIV and/or Hepatitis C testing, see the list below.
Cost
Please contact your health insurer to determine any out of pocket costs. Rapid HCV testing is offered at no cost from the State-funded locations and organizations below: