Health Screenings
Prisma Health offers a variety of free health screenings in the Midlands. To register, call 803-296-CARE (2273).
Cholesterol, diabetes and cancer screenings
Prisma Health offers free cholesterol and diabetes testing along with breast, prostate, lung and cervical cancer screenings.
Qualifications required for free screenings:
- Prostate screenings: African-American men age 40-69; all other men age 50-69
- Colonoscopies: Men and women, age 50 and older
- Clinical breast exams: Women age 21 and older
- Mammograms: Women age 40 and older
- Pap smears: Women age 21 and older
- Diabetes Screening Eligibility: Risk is determined by completing the American Diabetes Association risk assessment card. Screenings will not be performed for anyone previously diagnosed with diabetes.
- Non-diabetic adults age 18-44 who are “high risk” for developing type 2 diabetes
- Non-diabetic adults age 45 and over are eligible for testing regardless of risk
Community Health Women’s Clinic
Screenings are offered every second and third Tuesday, 5:30–7:15 p.m.
- Breast
- Cervical
- Diabetes
Location: Prisma Health, 1801 Sunset Dr., Second Floor, Columbia
Community Health Men’s Clinic
- Screenings are offered every fourth Thursday, 5:30–7:15 p.m.
- Diabetes
- Prostate cancer
Location: Prisma Health, 1801 Sunset Dr., Second Floor, Columbia
Take 5
Screenings are offered Every first Thursday, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
- Diabetes
- Prostate cancer
Location: Prisma Health Baptist Hospital, 1501 Sumter St., Columbia
Other community screenings
Prisma Health provides other free health screenings at various times throughout the community. Screenings available include cholesterol (no fasting required), glucose, diabetes (HbA1c), cervical exams, breast exams, prostate testing (PSA and DRE), body measurements and blood pressure.