Inselspital Anonymous HIV and STI Test Site
Inselspital Anonyme Teststelle HIV und STI
Public sexual health clinic · Bern, Switzerland
Can I go now?
Appointment needed
From clinic website· 22 Sep 2026Register online or call +41 31 632 63 26, Monday to Friday 09:00 to 11:00 and 12:00 to 16:00.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — Described as for everyone who wants an uncomplicated, low-cost test; visitors from abroad are not mentioned by name.
About
The university hospital's low-cost test site for everyone, open weekdays with the choice of testing anonymously or under your name, a published self-pay price list and PrEP through SwissPrEPared.
- Specialises in
- Everyone welcome
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 HIV test on the spot; lab results afterwards.
Booking, access & languages
Register online or call +41 31 632 63 26, Monday to Friday 09:00 to 11:00 and 12:00 to 16:00.
Languages: German — The clinic's site is in German; languages spoken are not listed.
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Consultation | Everyone | CHF 40–60 Base fee per appointment: CHF 40 for a rapid HIV test alone, otherwise CHF 60; added to the test prices below. Price list dated December 2021. |
| Rapid HIV test | Everyone | From CHF 20 Plus the CHF 40 base fee. |
| HIV lab test | Everyone | From CHF 20 HIV screening as a single lab item, plus the base fee. |
| Full STI check Full STD check: chlamydia and gonorrhoea PCR, HIV 1/2 screening, syphilis screening. | Everyone | From CHF 90 Plus the CHF 60 base fee. CHF 80 if syphilis or HIV is already known. Price list dated December 2021. |
| Throat & rectal swabs | Everyone | From CHF 60 Chlamydia and gonorrhoea PCR alone, plus the base fee. |
| Syphilis test | Everyone | From CHF 42 Syphilis screening as a single lab item. |
| Hepatitis B & C test | Everyone | CHF 20–25 Hepatitis C antibodies CHF 25; hepatitis B antibodies (anti-HBs or anti-HBc) CHF 20 each. |
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.
- 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 · infektiologie.insel.ch — For everyone wanting an uncomplicated, low-cost STI test; anonymous or with personal details; address, phone, hours Monday to Friday 09:00 to 11:00 and 12:00 to 16:00; register online or by phone; SwissPrEPared PrEP; PEP within 48 hours via +41 31 632 25 25 or the emergency centre +41 31 632 24 02; link to price list.
- e2 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · infektiologie.insel.ch — Price list (1 December 2021): base fee 40 or 60, full STD check 90, STD check with known syphilis or HIV 80, chlamydia and gonorrhoea PCR 60, rapid HIV 20, HIV screening 20, syphilis screening 42, VDRL 18, hepatitis C antibodies 25, anti-HBs 20, anti-HBc 20, certificate 10, PrEP start or follow-up creatinine and ALAT 35 billed separately (CHF).
- e3 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · infektiologie.insel.ch — HIV and STI consultation of the same clinic: diagnosis and treatment of HIV and of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhoea, PrEP, PEP; Anna-Seiler-Haus U1, +41 31 632 25 25, Monday to Friday 08:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 17:00; emergency centre +41 31 632 24 02 outside those hours.
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