Checkpoint Bern

Community clinic · Bern, Switzerland

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Appointment needed

From clinic website· 22 Sep 2026

Book an HIV/STI check or PrEP consultation online through the centre's site. The phone is staffed Monday to Thursday 09:00 to 12:00. Closed on Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Ascension, Whit Monday, 1 August and over Christmas and New Year.

Can a visitor use it?

Check with the clinic before you go — Prices are for self-payers; visitors from abroad are not mentioned by name.

What will it cost?

STI check CHF 150–210

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About

Community health centre of Aids Hilfe Bern for LGBT+ people, men who have sex with men, sex workers and migrants, with HIV and STI checks and PrEP on all weekdays by online booking at published self-pay prices.

Specialises in: LGBTQ+ people · Gay, bi & other men who have sex with men
Also serves: Sex workers · Migrants & people without insurance

From clinic website· 22 Sep 2026

Why you might feel comfortable here

Community-led / LGBTQ+-run — Yes

A division of Aids Hilfe Bern, run in cooperation with Inselspital.

Services

Rapid HIV test — Yes

Finger-prick or mouth swab; result in about 20 minutes.

HIV lab test — Yes

Blood draw; result in days; picks up recent infection sooner than rapid tests.

Full STI check — Yes

Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis (usually with HIV) in one visit.

STI check: HIV, syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhoea; STI Plus adds hepatitis C and hepatitis A and B antibody levels.

Syphilis test — Yes

Blood test.

Hepatitis B & C test — Yes

Blood test.

Hepatitis C test in the STI Plus package.

PrEP — start here — Yes

Can prescribe PrEP, including to visitors.

PrEP start with counselling and all necessary tests; the doctor's consultation is charged separately.

PrEP refill — Yes

Can supply PrEP if you already take it.

PrEP follow-up including the repeat prescription and all necessary tests.

Booking, access & languages

OnlinePhone

No insurance required

You can be seen without local insurance or a health card.

The published prices are for self-payers and cannot be submitted to an insurer; insured people are charged the laboratory's analysis prices instead.

Appointment required

You must book before coming.

Tests and PrEP consultations are booked online and run on all weekdays except national holidays.

Languages: German — The website is in German, English and French; languages spoken by staff are not listed.

Cost

Service	Who	Cost
Rapid HIV test	Everyone	From CHF 60 Rapid test or lab analysis; self-payer price including nurse counselling.
HIV lab test	Everyone	From CHF 60 HIV with syphilis by lab analysis CHF 105.
Throat & rectal swabs	Everyone	From CHF 120 Gonorrhoea and chlamydia lab analysis.
Full STI check STI check (HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhoea) CHF 150; STI Plus adding hepatitis C and hepatitis A and B antibody levels CHF 210.	Everyone	CHF 150–210 Self-payer prices that cannot be claimed from an insurer; paid by card, Postfinance or Twint, cash only exceptionally. Asylum seekers test free.
PrEP — start here	Everyone	From CHF 165 Including counselling and all necessary tests, excluding the doctor's consultation and medicine.
PrEP refill	Everyone	From CHF 185 Including the repeat prescription and all necessary tests.

Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.

Switzerland: good to know

PEP in this country. Inselspital's infectious diseases clinic says to call +41 31 632 25 25 within 48 hours of a sexual risk situation, Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00; outside those hours the hospital's emergency centre on +41 31 632 24 02 (Rosenbühlgasse 27). Aids Hilfe Bern gives the same route and the same 48-hour limit.
From Inselspital Universitätsklinik für Infektiologie’s website· 22 Sep 2026
What visitors pay. Swiss mandatory insurance covers PEP and PrEP, but a visitor pays. Checkpoint Bern's self-pay prices, which cannot be claimed from an insurer, are CHF 60 for an HIV test, CHF 150 for an STI check (HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhoea) and CHF 165 for a PrEP start; asylum seekers test free. Inselspital's anonymous test site charges a CHF 40 to 60 base fee plus CHF 20 for a rapid HIV test or CHF 90 for a full STI check.
From Checkpoint Bern’s website· 22 Sep 2026

Emergency number: 144

Sources & last checked

Last checked 22 Sep 2026.

e1 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · mycheckpoint.ch — Home page: address, phone, email, who it serves, HIV/STI tests, PrEP counselling, trans counselling, link to price list.
e2 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · mycheckpoint.ch — Services: HIV test, STI test, PrEP, vaccinations, trans and LGB+ counselling, sex work and chemsex support, outreach; online booking for HIV/STI check or PrEP consultation.
e3 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · mycheckpoint.ch — Prices: HIV 60, HIV and syphilis 105, gonorrhoea and chlamydia 120, STI check 150, STI Plus 210, PrEP start 165 excluding doctor's consultation, PrEP follow-up 185 (CHF); self-payer prices not submittable to insurers, lab analysis prices for insured people; asylum seekers free; cards, Postfinance, Twint, cash exceptionally.
e4 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · mycheckpoint.ch — Contact: phone hours Monday to Thursday 09:00 to 12:00, tests and PrEP consultations on all weekdays except national holidays by online booking, holiday closures.
e5 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · mycheckpoint.ch — About: for LGBT+ people, men who have sex with men, sex workers and migrants; a division of Aids Hilfe Bern; community-based health centre in cooperation with Inselspital.
e6 · Community-endorsed Aids Hilfe Bern · 22 Sep 2026 · www.ahbe.ch — PEP in Bern: Inselspital 031 632 69 69 Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00, otherwise 031 632 24 02 (medical emergency triage); no later than 48 hours after the risk.

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