Checkpoint Köln (Aidshilfe Köln)
Checkpoint Köln
Community clinic · Cologne, Germany
Can I go now?
Walk in — no appointment needed
From clinic website· 22 Sep 2026Book a slot on the Checkpoint website, or come without one and expect a wait. Phone enquiries Mon-Thu 14:00-16:00.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — Nothing on the site limits who can test, and no personal data is taken; visitors are not mentioned.
About
Evening HIV and STI testing in the city centre that is fully anonymous, takes walk-ins as well as online bookings, publishes its prices and counsels in German or English.
Why you might feel comfortable here
This clinic doesn’t advertise itself as LGBTQ+ friendly. Most clinics don’t, so this isn’t a sign that it’s unwelcoming. If you’ve been, tell us how you were treated.
Services
Results: Rapid tests the same evening; lab tests 2 to 3 working days.
Booking, access & languages
Book a slot on the Checkpoint website, or come without one and expect a wait. Phone enquiries Mon-Thu 14:00-16:00.
Languages: German, English — Counselling in German or English.
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid HIV test | Everyone | From €15 HIV PCR test €155. Cash or card. |
| HIV lab test | Everyone | From €25 |
| Syphilis test | Everyone | €15–€25 Rapid test €15, lab test €25. |
| Hepatitis B & C test | Everyone | From €19 Hepatitis C rapid test. |
| Throat & rectal swabs | Everyone | €30–€49 Chlamydia and gonorrhoea: throat and/or rectal swab €30, urine €30, urine plus swab €49. |
| Full STI check Chlamydia and gonorrhoea only: €30 per sample type (urine or swab), €49 for urine plus swab. HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C are priced separately. | Everyone | €30–€49 The team explains the cost of each test before you decide. |
Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.
After you leave
Results by: online portal
Germany: good to know
- What visitors pay. The City of Cologne's health office tests for HIV and other STIs free and anonymously, by appointment. Its booking page has a separate session for people with no health insurance valid in Germany and tells people who only have travel health insurance to book that one.Published by Stadt Köln· 19 Sep 2026
- PEP in this country. Aidshilfe Köln says PEP should start at once, ideally within 24 hours and no later than 48 hours, and names the out-of-hours practice (Notdienstpraxis) at Uniklinik Köln as the place to go. You get the first doses there and the rest of the four-week course through an HIV specialist practice. It adds that German health insurers pay only in justified emergencies; it does not say what people without German insurance pay.Community-endorsed Aidshilfe Köln· 19 Sep 2026
Emergency number: 112
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · checkpoint-koeln.de — Checkpoint site: address, phone times, session times, prices (HIV rapid €15, lab €25, PCR €155; syphilis rapid €15, lab €25; hepatitis C rapid €19; chlamydia/gonorrhoea urine €30, swab €30, both €49), fully anonymous with code and password, with or without appointment, cash or card, results timing, translation help.
- e2 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.aidshilfe-koeln.de — Aidshilfe Köln page: counselling in German or English, walk-ins accepted with longer waits, price ranges, cash payment keeps you anonymous. Gives the hours as Monday to Thursday 18:30-21:30.
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