SHINE SA Hyde Street Practice
NGO / charity service · Adelaide, Australia
Can I go now?
Walk in — no appointment needed
From clinic website· 19 Sep 2026Online booking is through HotDoc. A A$40 fee applies to missed appointments.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — SHINE SA says people without a Medicare card are charged the full consultation cost without a rebate, so they are seen; it does not mention short-term visitors.
About
A city-centre general practice and sexual health clinic run by South Australia’s sexual health charity — STI testing and treatment, PEP and PrEP, and a Friday afternoon walk-in session; people without Medicare are seen but pay the full consultation fee.
- Also serves
- LGBTQ+ people
- Rainbow Tick · independently assessed · source
Services
Full STI check — Yes
Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis (usually with HIV) in one visit.
Seen with symptoms — Yes
Will examine and treat if you have symptoms, not only screen.
The walk-in session takes STI tests, sexual health checks and people with symptoms.
PEP (after HIV exposure) — Yes
Emergency 28-day medicine; must start within 72 hours.
Listed by the practice; getpep.info also lists it as a PEP site.
PrEP — start here — Yes
Can prescribe PrEP, including to visitors.
HIV care & ART — Yes
Ongoing HIV treatment; can help if you run out of medication abroad.
Doctors include HIV (s100) prescribers.
Booking, access & languages
Online booking is through HotDoc. A A$40 fee applies to missed appointments.
No insurance required
You can be seen without local insurance or a health card.
No Medicare card means you pay the full consultation fee.
Walk-in — Yes
No appointment needed (check the hours).
Walk-in session Friday 13:30–15:30 for STI tests, sexual health checks, symptoms, pregnancy tests and emergency contraception. Other times are by appointment.
No appointment required
You can come without booking (check the hours).
Not for the Friday walk-in session; at other times you need a booking.
Languages: English
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Consultation | People with local insurance | Free Sexual health and GP appointments are bulk-billed (free) for anyone with a Medicare card. Appointments with the specialist sexual health physician are not bulk-billed: a standard first visit is A$301.90 with a A$151.90 rebate (A$150 out of pocket; A$100 for follow-ups). A fee for medication may apply. |
| Consultation | Visitors | Ask the clinic Without a Medicare card you pay the full cost of the consultation with no rebate, and any pathology is billed directly by the laboratory. The GP fee is not on the fees page; the specialist sexual health physician's standard first visit is A$301.90. Ask about the fee when you book. |
Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.
Australia: good to know
- PEP in this country. Healthdirect, the Australian Government’s health advice service, says PEP is available from emergency departments in most public hospitals, sexual health clinics and some doctors who specialise in HIV, and that outside office hours you should go to the nearest hospital emergency department. For Adelaide, getpep.info lists the Royal Adelaide Hospital emergency department on North Terrace, Adelaide Sexual Health Centre (marked reduced-cost for people without Medicare), SHINE SA’s Hyde Street Practice and O’Brien Street Practice.Published by Healthdirect Australia· 19 Sep 2026
- What visitors pay. SHINE SA, the state’s sexual health charity, bulk-bills (no charge) anyone with a Medicare card but charges people without one the full cost of the consultation. It does not publish the amount and says to phone 8300 5300 to ask.From clinic website· 19 Sep 2026
Emergency number: 000
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · shinesa.org.au — General practice and sexual and reproductive health clinic of SHINE SA; STI testing and treatment, HIV, PEP and PrEP; s100 prescribers; transgender medicine; Rainbow Tick badge; HotDoc booking; specialist gap fees.
- e2 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · shinesa.org.au — Hyde Street: Mon–Fri 9:00–17:00, closed weekends, walk-in Friday 13:30–15:30, phone 7099 5320; what the walk-in clinic covers.
- e3 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · shinesa.org.au — Bulk-billed for anyone with a Medicare card; not for counselling or specialist appointments; people without a Medicare card pay the full consultation cost without a rebate and pathology is billed directly; medication fees may apply; A$40 no-show fee. The Hyde Street page lists the specialist fees: standard first visit A$301.90 (rebate A$151.90), follow-up A$176 (rebate A$76), complex first visit A$415.60, complex follow-up A$233.
- e4 · Listed by getpep.info · 19 Sep 2026 · www.getpep.info — SHINE SA – Hyde Street Practice, 57 Hyde Street, listed as a PEP site (not marked reduced-cost without Medicare).
- e5 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · shinesa.org.au — SHINE SA’s homepage says it welcomes and celebrates all people from diverse cultures, sexual orientations, genders, sexes and abilities, and that it provides LGBTIQA+ inclusive services.
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