Free, anonymous and paid: three separate questions
Who publishes what about HIV testing.
Free testing depends on who you are and where you test. Anonymous testing is a privacy promise, not a price. Each provider below is shown with exactly what it publishes. Sources checked 22 October 2026.
National entitlement · Thai nationals
Department of Disease Control
| Detail | As published, with its source |
|---|---|
| Free testing | A notice of 24 August 2026 says every Thai person can have a voluntary HIV test free of charge twice a year at service units under the national health security system. Source: Notice on HIV testing and PEP |
| What it does not say | That foreign visitors can test free, that every private clinic takes part, or how to book locally. Source: Notice on HIV testing and PEP |
Sources checked 22 October 2026.
Government hospital · HIV service details not published
Pattaya Bhattamakun Hospital
| Detail | As published, with its source |
|---|---|
| Registry | Government hospital at 669 Moo 5, Na Kluea, Bang Lamung, Chon Buri 20150; renamed from Banglamung Hospital (MOPH registry). Source: Pattaya Bhattamakun Hospital registry record |
| HIV testing | An HIV-clinic phone, hours, price and who can test free were not published in the sources we checked. Source: Pattaya Bhattamakun Hospital registry record |
Sources: Ministry of Public Health registry unless named; checked 22 October 2026.
Community clinic in Pattaya
SWING Pattaya Medical Technology Clinic
| Detail | As published, with its source |
|---|---|
| HIV testing | HIV testing is listed among its services. Source: Services page |
| Address | 45/54 Moo 10, Nongprue, Banglamung, Chonburi 20150 Source: Contact page, Pattaya clinic |
| Phone | +66 38 412 297 or +66 38 412 298 Source: Contact page, Pattaya clinic |
| Hours | Monday–Friday 10:00–18:00. An appointment link is published; whether walk-ins are seen is not stated. Source: Contact page, Pattaya clinic |
| Not published | Price, who can test free (including foreigners), ID and anonymity rules, test type and result time. Source: Services page, Contact page, Pattaya clinic |
Sources: SWING (Service Workers in Group Foundation) unless named; checked 22 October 2026.
Advertises anonymous HIV testing · paid
PULSE Clinic Pattaya (South and North Pattaya)
| Detail | As published, with its source |
|---|---|
| Test and price | HIV Combo ฿1,390: an in-house fourth-generation antigen/antibody finger-prick test, result in 20 minutes. Network price, undated, seen 22 October 2026; not confirmed as a branch total. Source: Fourth-generation HIV test page · |
| Privacy | Advertises “anonymous HIV test for everyone”. The procedure without ID is not described. Source: Fourth-generation HIV test page |
| South Pattaya branch | 194 13, 2nd Road Pattaya, Nong Prue, Bang Lamung, Chonburi 20150 (as written in the branch article); +66 62 828 7969. Current page: daily 09:00–20:00. An indexed version: 09:00–13:00 and 14:00–20:00. Source: Branch contacts and hours |
| North Pattaya branch | Pattaya–Na Kluea Road; no unit number published. The branch article gives +66 84 236 2259; the indexed contact page gives the South number, +66 62 828 7969. Current page: daily 09:00–19:00. Indexed version: 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–19:00. Source: Branch contacts and hours, Contact page (indexed text) |
Sources: PULSE Clinic unless named; checked 22 October 2026.
Full profile: PULSE Clinic Pattaya (South and North Pattaya)
Laboratory · HIV within a bundle
CCS Medical Laboratory
| Detail | As published, with its source |
|---|---|
| Price | Basic STD ฿500 covers anti-HIV and syphilis together; it is a bundle, not a stand-alone HIV price. Catalogue row updated 7 May 2026. Source: Package catalogue used by its website · |
| Phone and hours | +66 64 614 9956; Monday–Friday 08:30–18:00, Saturday 08:30–15:00, Sunday closed Source: Laboratory website |
| Not published | Test type, result time and anonymity for this bundle. Source: Laboratory website |
Sources: CCS Medical Laboratory unless named; checked 22 October 2026.
Laboratory · HIV within an STI package
Rada Medical Laboratory
| Detail | As published, with its source |
|---|---|
| Price | Promotion ฿1,900 includes a fourth-generation HIV test with other STI tests; results in 24 hours. Undated, seen 22 October 2026. Source: Packages, prices and preparation · |
| Phone and hours | +66 61 616 2878; Monday–Friday 08:00–17:00, Saturday 08:00–15:00, Sunday closed Source: Contact page |
| Not published | A stand-alone HIV price, and any anonymity statement. Source: Packages, prices and preparation |
Sources: Rada Medical Lab unless named; checked 22 October 2026.
Laboratory · advertises anonymous STD testing
GD Lab Pattaya
| Detail | As published, with its source |
|---|---|
| HIV testing | No HIV-specific price, test type or result time is published. Its ฿1,200 offer covers three other infections and does not say that HIV is included. Source: Laboratory website · |
| Phone and hours | +66 65 845 1599; daily 08:00–19:00, walk-in without booking Source: Laboratory website |
Sources: GD Lab Pattaya unless named; checked 22 October 2026.
Reference outside Pattaya · Bangkok
Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic, Bangkok
| Detail | As published, with its source |
|---|---|
| Address and phone | 104 Ratchadamri Road, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330; +66 2 251 6711 to 6715 Source: Service costs |
| HIV test hours | Monday–Friday 07:30–16:30, queue closes 15:00. After hours Monday, Wednesday and Friday 16:30–20:00, queue closes 19:00. Saturday 08:30–12:00, queue closes 11:00. Closed on public holidays. Source: Service hours |
| HIV test price | Blood test ฿160 in normal hours, ฿192 after hours, result in about one hour. The 2026 tariff, effective 1 January 2026, confirms ฿160. Source: Service costs, 2026 laboratory tariff, PDF · |
| Other charges | A ฿50 basic fee in normal hours. After hours the price list adds a new-card fee of ฿20, a doctor fee of ฿400, a service fee of ฿150 and 20% on laboratory tests, depending on the visit. A total per visit is not published. Source: Service costs · |
| Other HIV tests on its list | DNA-PCR ฿1,500 (after hours ฿1,800), seven working days; NAAT ฿1,000 (after hours ฿1,200), one working day. Source: Service costs · |
| Privacy | Describes itself as a fully anonymous clinic. Anonymous does not mean free. Source: Anonymous HIV testing page (indexed text) |
Sources checked 22 October 2026.
Shown, not resolved
Where the sources disagree.
- PULSE’s current branch page and an indexed version give different opening times for both Pattaya branches, and two PULSE pages give different phone numbers for North Pattaya.
Source: PULSE Clinic: Branch contacts and hours, Contact page (indexed text) · - PULSE gives 20 minutes for its HIV Combo test and 15 minutes in its BASIC panel table.
Source: PULSE Clinic: Fourth-generation HIV test page, Packages and promotions ·
Left out on purpose
What we could not confirm.
- A free, anonymous walk-in HIV test in Pattaya for every visitor: no source we checked offers this.
- The HIV-clinic phone and hours at Pattaya Bhattamakun Hospital.
- Who can test free at SWING, including foreigners.
- PULSE totals for a specific Pattaya branch.
We will recheck these sources by 21 November 2026. If you know of an official source we missed, tell us through the corrections page.
01 / Free, anonymous, paid
Three questions with three different answers.
Free testing twice a year is published for Thai nationals under the national health security system; no source we checked extends it to visitors. Anonymous testing is advertised by some services, and anonymous does not mean free. Paid tests are often sold inside a bundle with other infections, so a bundle price is not an HIV-only price.
02 / Before you go
Three questions to ask the service.
- Can I test free here, and do you test foreigners free?
- Do you test without a name or ID?
- What does the visit cost in total, and when is the result ready?
03 / Limits
This page stops at logistics.
We do not advise on test types, testing windows or results. If the possible exposure was in the last 72 hours, PEP is time-sensitive: read the PEP page first.
Sources
Every source on this page.
Logistics only, from each provider's own website, the Department of Land Transport, the Department of Disease Control (MOPH), the MOPH registry and the Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic, read on 22 October 2026 (Bangkok time); the PrEP guide's new sources were read on 23 October 2026. No calls, visits, bookings or clinical assessment. Undated prices carry the date we saw them; published end dates are kept. Conflicts are shown, not resolved.
- Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health Notice on HIV testing and PEP · 24 August 2026 · checked
- Ministry of Public Health registry Pattaya Bhattamakun Hospital registry record · checked
- SWING (Service Workers in Group Foundation) Services page · checked
- SWING (Service Workers in Group Foundation) Contact page, Pattaya clinic · checked
- PULSE Clinic Fourth-generation HIV test page · No price end date · checked
- PULSE Clinic Branch contacts and hours · Current page differs from the indexed version · checked
- PULSE Clinic Contact page (indexed text) · checked
- CCS Medical Laboratory Package catalogue used by its website · Rows updated 3 and 7 May 2026 · checked
- CCS Medical Laboratory Laboratory website · checked
- Rada Medical Lab Packages, prices and preparation · checked
- Rada Medical Lab Contact page · checked
- GD Lab Pattaya Laboratory website · checked
- Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic Service costs · checked
- Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic Service hours · checked
- Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic 2026 laboratory tariff, PDF · Announced 27 December 2025; effective 1 January 2026 · checked
- Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic Anonymous HIV testing page (indexed text) · checked
- PULSE Clinic Packages and promotions · STI table undated; PEP section labelled July 2024 · checked