Hancock County sees chlamydia rates running about 73% lower than the US average. Whether you're starting a new relationship or managing ongoing care in Ellsworth, Maine, community clinics are often low-cost or free, while private labs tend to offer faster results and more flexible scheduling. Find local options listed below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Ellsworth, ME. The nearest, Bucksport Regional Health Center- Ellsworth Site, is about 3.1 miles away. Compare community and public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits below.
Listings tagged Community health center are federally funded health centers and rural clinics that treat everyone regardless of insurance or ability to pay: required to bill on a sliding fee scale and provide confidential care, and in many states minors may consent to their own STI testing. A Title X tag flags centers funded for confidential family-planning services; confirm current participation when you call.
Source: CMS FQHC & Rural Health Clinic enrollment files (data.cms.gov), refreshed quarterly. Title X status reflects the latest OPA grantee list.
Bucksport Regional Health Center- Ellsworth Site, in Ellsworth, carries full federal FQHC standing, meaning its sliding-scale fees are tied directly to income: making syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening genuinely reachable for cash-paying patients, those between insurers, or anyone watching their costs.
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Maine Family Planning in Ellsworth runs by appointment, so visits move with purpose: one session covers the full STI panel, same-visit treatment for bacterial infections like gonorrhea and chlamydia, sliding-scale fees, and vaccines for HPV and hepatitis A and B.
Plenty of STI clinics test and treat but stop short of prescribing HIV prevention, PrEP and PEP get handed off elsewhere. Maine Family Planning in Ellsworth prescribes both on-site, keeping prevention and testing with the same clinical team rather than splitting care across separate providers.
The panel at Maine Family Planning goes beyond the four-infection baseline to include herpes, hepatitis B, and both conventional and rapid hepatitis C testing, which means a single appointment can surface infections that a shorter panel would simply miss.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
MMHP Ellsworth, in Ellsworth, ties STI screening fees to income. Federally qualified status means no one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening, with costs scaled to what patients actually earn.
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Bucksport Regional Health Center is a community health center where STI testing runs alongside primary and behavioral health services. Appointments are required; gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis are treated the same visit, with fees on a sliding scale and Medicaid and Medicare both accepted. Substance-use treatment is available on-site.
Bucksport Regional's behavioral health program sits within the same clinical operation as its STI services, meaning a provider can order testing, prescribe STI treatment, and coordinate a substance-use treatment plan, including medication-assisted treatment, without routing anything to an outside program. One chart, one care team managing both.
The testing panel at Bucksport Regional covers hepatitis A, B, and C alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. With hepatitis C tested by antibody as part of the standard order. Hepatitis B vaccination is also administered on-site, so gaps in immunity identified by the blood draw can be addressed in the same appointment.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Brewer Medical Center, in Brewer, scales its fees to each patient's income so cost isn't a barrier to care. As a Title X family-planning grantee, with legally confidential services available to minors, it offers walk-in STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
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Free tool · not a clinic
Testing too soon can miss an infection. Enter the date of possible exposure to see the earliest a test can reliably detect each STI.
| Infection | Earliest reliable test | Conclusive after |
|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 7 days after exposure | 14 days after exposure |
| Gonorrhea | 7 days after exposure | 14 days after exposure |
| Trichomoniasis | 7 days after exposure | 28 days after exposure |
| HIV (NAT / RNA) | 10 days after exposure | 33 days after exposure |
| HIV (4th-gen Ag/Ab) | 18 days after exposure | 45 days after exposure |
| HIV (antibody) | 21 days after exposure | 84 days after exposure |
| Syphilis | 21 days after exposure | 42 days after exposure |
| Hepatitis B | 21 days after exposure | 42 days after exposure |
| Hepatitis C | 56 days after exposure | 77 days after exposure |
| Herpes (HSV) | 28 days after exposure | 112 days after exposure |
Guidance only, confirm timing with a clinician. A negative result before the conclusive date may need a repeat test.
Typical out-of-pocket ranges by option, actual cost depends on which tests you need.
Public / community clinic
Free HIV testing is common
Private lab (self-pay)
Never billed to insurance
At-home kit
Mailed to your door, private
Doctor / urgent care
Often $0 preventive with insurance
No centers match those filters. Clear the service-type filter or the opening-hours filters to see every center.
Every other option
Beyond the dedicated testing centers above: at-home kits by mail, hospital labs certified for STI testing, local clinicians who can order a panel during a regular visit, pharmacies for self-test kits and prescriptions, and online PrEP & treatment.
Test from home
The nearest testing center is about 3 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Ellsworth, you collect the sample privately, and mail it back to a CLIA-certified lab. Results come online in days, with a clinician available if anything is positive. Same labs as a clinic, no waiting room, and you can read how accurate at-home STD tests are before you order.
Want a free option first? The CDC-supported TakeMeHome (opens in a new tab) program mails free at-home HIV self-test kits, and, in many areas, free STI kits, to your door, with no insurance or payment needed. The paid kits below add broader panels and faster turnaround.
In-home collection
$79 & up
Best value: single tests
$49 & up
Best range: couples & full panels
$79 & up
Every kit uses CLIA-certified labs. At-home testing is for screening; a reactive result should be confirmed and treated by a clinician. Prices and panels shown are illustrative and change often, confirm current details on the provider's site.
Also in the area
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Hancock County, each lab's town is shown on its card below. Many test through a doctor's order or by appointment rather than walk-in, so call ahead to confirm STD/STI testing and availability before visiting.
50 Union Street, Ellsworth, ME 04605
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
10 Wayman Lane, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
CMS-certified lab
57 Water Street, Blue Hill, ME 04614
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Ellsworth. A CLIA certificate records only that a laboratory is federally certified — it does not confirm the site performs STD testing, nor its hours, price or access. Inclusion is not an endorsement; always call to verify.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 305 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Ellsworth. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 70 offer telehealth.
Stephen Nightingale, MD
Internal medicine · 37 Commerce Park, Ellsworth
Vanessa Little, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 50 Union Street, Ellsworth
Barbara Mercado-Stallard, MD
OB-GYN · 50 Union Street, Ellsworth
Shahin Tabatabaei, MD Telehealth
Urology · 50 Union Street, Ellsworth
Adebolanle Ayinde, MD
Internal medicine · 50 Union Street, Ellsworth
Ayesha Zahid, MD
Internal medicine · 50 Union Street, Ellsworth
These are registry-listed clinicians, not dedicated STD-testing clinics. CMS records do not independently verify current licensure, testing services, availability, price, or new-patient status. Confirm each detail before booking. Source: CMS Doctors & Clinicians.
Nearby pharmacies
No pharmacy near Ellsworth, ME publishes an STD-related service or holds a current CLIA testing certificate, so these are simply the closest. Contact a location directly to confirm counter hours, services, prices, and availability before visiting.
Raven Hill Integrated Therapies
3.9 miNorthern Light Pharmacy Downeast
4.8 miHannaford Supermarket & Pharmacy
4.8 miShaws Osco Pharmacy
4.8 miShaws Pharmacy
5.0 mi
5.3 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to Ellsworth, ME.
Directory records identify nearby pharmacies. Service, stock, price, and hours information is shown only when supported by current location-specific evidence.
Prevention & treatment
Testing is one step. For residents of Ellsworth, telehealth covers the rest: HIV-prevention medication (PrEP) and DoxyPEP to lower future risk, and discreet online treatment if a result comes back positive. All prescribed by licensed U.S. clinicians.
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
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Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
Pricing varies by insurance and changes often, confirm on the provider's site. These services are not a substitute for emergency care.
STD stats & rates
How reported STI rates in Hancock County, the county that includes Ellsworth, compare with Maine and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~22% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#14 of 16 Maine counties for chlamydia, among the lowest in the state
| Infection | Hancock County | Maine | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 134.5 76 cases ▼ 38% | 217.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 17.7 10 cases ▼ 60% | 44.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 1.8 1 cases ▼ 66% | 5.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 2.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 1.8 1 cases ▼ 60% | 4.5 | 29.5 |
Rates per 100,000 population, 2023. Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus (county, state & U.S., all-ages basis). Population figures: U.S. Census Bureau ACS. These figures are the latest available surveillance estimates. Bars are scaled to the highest rate shown.
Reading these numbers: reported case rates only count infections that were actually tested for and diagnosed, so they track local screening effort as much as true spread: a higher rate can reflect more testing, a lower one less. Either way, most STIs cause no symptoms, so treat the figures above as context rather than a verdict, and test on the CDC's schedule regardless of how your area looks.
Between 2020 and 2023 in Hancock County, chlamydia has fallen from 192.9 to 134.5 per 100,000 (30%), gonorrhea has risen from 14.4 to 17.7 per 100,000 (23%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 8.8 to 1.8 per 100,000 (80%).
The 2020 dip reflects reduced pandemic-era screening, not lower transmission. Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus (county, state & U.S., all-ages basis).
Community health context
Sources: CDC PLACES (ZIP), County Health Rankings, CDC/ATSDR SVI, HRSA HPSA, HRSA MUA/P, Neighborhood Atlas ADI. Lower insurance coverage, fewer routine checkups, and a thin primary-care ratio all raise the value of low-cost public clinics and at-home testing in Hancock County.
Local HIV snapshot
Hancock County HIV care continuum (2020)
Hancock County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2020), against 2.9 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Hancock County residents living with HIV, 80.6% are in care · 79.1% are virally suppressed. Early, routine testing is what moves these numbers: it is the entry point to PrEP, treatment, and viral suppression.
Sources: AIDSVu (Emory/Gilead) · CDC AHEAD · CDC AtlasPlus · CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus (county care continuum). The CDC recommends everyone aged 13–64 test for HIV at least once: every lab and clinic listed above offers HIV testing, and free rapid HIV testing is available at a local health department.
Congenital syphilis, passed from parent to baby in pregnancy, is the fastest-rising STI in the country. U.S. cases climbed from 2,163 in 2020 to 3,882 in 2023. It is almost entirely preventable: the CDC recommends a syphilis test at the first prenatal visit, and every clinic and lab listed for Hancock County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
US 1A rolls through the center of Ellsworth, and for most residents a clinic visit means getting in the car and covering real distance, whether from Joyville out toward the Bangor Road end or from the quieter stretches near Ellsworth Falls. That drive matters when you're working full hours, which most adults here are, and it's the kind of errand that slides when a week fills up.
The city skews toward homeowners, with a solid majority carrying mortgages on homes in the modest price range typical here, but a meaningful share of households rent at rates that leave little room for unexpected out-of-pocket costs. For renters especially, the options listed on this page, many offering sliding-scale or no-cost testing, close a gap that a $787 monthly rent budget can't easily absorb on its own. Young adults in their late teens and twenties, the years when new relationships overlap with the least routine healthcare, are the group where undetected infections concentrate, and lower-cost, closer-to-convenient options shift the odds that a test actually happens.
Ellsworth households tend to be multi-person, often families, with nearly half of adults in married partnerships. Screening fits that picture straightforwardly: a couple confirming status before stopping contraception, a newly single adult re-entering dating life, a roommate situation where one person's result matters to others in the house.
Getting there
At 6.26/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Ellsworth generally mean driving: plan on a car or rideshare to reach a clinic, and check each listing's hours and phone before you go.
Source: EPA National Walkability Index 2021.
Ellsworth sits in Hancock County, ZIP 4605. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Ellsworth? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
Reference
Everything to know before you test in Hancock County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Maine law. If you have symptoms right now, our confidential symptom checker maps them to the tests worth considering.
Based on current CDC screening recommendations.
| Group | Tests | How often |
|---|---|---|
| Everyone aged 13–64 | HIV | At least once |
| Sexually active women under 25 | Chlamydia, gonorrhea | Every year |
| Women 25+ with new or multiple partners | Chlamydia, gonorrhea | Every year |
| Pregnant people | HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B & C, chlamydia | Early in pregnancy |
| Gay & bisexual men (MSM) | Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV | Every 3–6 months |
| Anyone who shares injection equipment | HIV, hepatitis B & C | At least yearly |
| All adults at least once | Hepatitis C | At least once |
Testing too early can return a false negative, confirm timing with an Ellsworth-area provider.
| Infection | Earliest reliable test | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 1–2 weeks | Urine or swab |
| Gonorrhea | 1–2 weeks | Urine or swab |
| Trichomoniasis | 1–4 weeks | Urine or swab |
| HIV (NAT / RNA) | 10–33 days | Blood |
| HIV (4th-gen Ag/Ab) | 18–45 days | Blood |
| HIV (antibody) | 3–12 weeks | Blood / oral |
| Syphilis | 3–6 weeks | Blood |
| Hepatitis B | 3–6 weeks | Blood |
| Hepatitis C | 8–11 weeks | Blood |
| Herpes (HSV) | 4–16 weeks (antibody); swab a sore | Blood / swab |
These are the federal Medicare reference prices for processing each lab test. Public clinics and the community health centers serving Ellsworth often test free or on a sliding scale; private labs and at-home kits bundle several tests into one fee. Use this as a per-test benchmark before you pay out of pocket, or see the full guide to STD test costs for insurance, free, and at-home options.
| Test | Reference price | CPT / HCPCS |
|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia (NAAT) | $47.80 | 87491 |
| Gonorrhea (NAAT) | $47.80 | 87591 |
| Trichomoniasis (NAAT) | $47.76 | 87661 |
| HIV-1/2 antigen/antibody | $26.87 | 87389 |
| HIV-1/2 antibody | $22.44 | 86703 |
| Syphilis (RPR/VDRL) | $5.61 | 86592 |
| Syphilis (treponemal antibody) | $17.49 | 86780 |
| Herpes (HSV NAAT) | $47.76 | 87529 |
| Hepatitis B surface antigen | $15.33 | 87340 |
| Hepatitis C antibody | $29.16 | 86803 |
Source: Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, CMS, 2025 rates (data.cms.gov). Reference rate for the lab assay only: a clinic visit, sample collection, or a bundled multi-test panel may cost more. Medicaid and most insurers cover STD screening at no out-of-pocket cost.
Two things that actually depend on Maine law: who can consent, and whether partners can be treated without their own visit. Everything else about testing privately is the same nationwide (see below).
In Maine, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Maine permits Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT): if you test positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea, your provider can give you medication (or a prescription) to pass to your partner, no separate exam or appointment needed for them.
Keeping a test private works the same in every state. Whether an STD test shows on insurance (the EOB), how to test anonymously, and self-pay options that leave no insurance trail don’t change by location.
Learn more about confidential STD testing in MaineSource: Guttmacher Institute, Minors' Access to STI Services; CDC, Legal Status of Expedited Partner Therapy. General information, not legal advice.
Good to Know
Answers to the questions people ask most before getting tested.
There are 6 options within a 30-mile drive.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it, and public clinics are free either way.
Public health clinics nearby provide free testing.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Hancock County reported ~135 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Maine average.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Maine, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
It's a common STI symptom; test for chlamydia and gonorrhea and have a provider check you.
Use condoms, test regularly, get the HPV and hep B vaccines, and ask about PrEP for HIV.
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