Gonorrhea in Glenn County was reported 70% lower than US average last year. If you are in Artois, California and need testing after a possible exposure or for routine care, weigh low-cost or free community and public clinics against private labs offering faster results and more scheduling flexibility. See your options below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Artois, CA. The nearest, Quest Diagnostics, is about 7.4 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.
Ampla Health in Orland tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee open to all payers, with appointments required; bacterial STIs are treated the same visit, and HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines are available on-site. Care is delivered in Spanish.
Ampla Health runs a herpes test as part of its regular STI panel, meaning a single appointment captures a fuller picture of your sexual health status. Without needing a separate visit or referral to surface that result.
Spanish-language care at Ampla Health runs through the full clinical encounter (history, results, and treatment counseling) so nothing gets compressed or lost in a handoff between provider and patient.
Languages
English, Spanish
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Fees & payment
Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
A safety-net rural health clinic about 8 miles from Artois. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Northern Valley Indian Health in Willows requires an appointment, so scheduling ahead unlocks a full visit: rapid and conventional HIV testing, the standard bacterial panel, hepatitis C screening, same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs, and HPV and hepatitis vaccines. All on a sliding-scale fee, with Spanish-language care available.
Anyone without a regular primary care provider, paying out of pocket or just piecing together care where they can find it, gets hepatitis C screening folded into the same visit as the standard gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV workup at Northern Valley Indian Health. One appointment, one sliding-scale bill, no separate lab referral needed.
Northern Valley Indian Health carries substance-use treatment as a standing clinical service alongside STI care, which matters specifically for someone managing both without a coordinating provider. Rather than holding two separate appointments at two separate facilities, that person can address both within a single sliding-scale visit in Willows.
When a second appointment becomes necessary just because language got in the way of the first, that gap can widen into untreated infection. Northern Valley Indian Health delivers STI testing, counseling, and treatment in Spanish directly, so nothing that matters gets set aside for a follow-up that may not happen.
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English, Spanish
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Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
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 7 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Artois, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & up
Best value: single tests
$49 & 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.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 66 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Artois. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 25 offer telehealth.
Samuel Garcia, MD
Family medicine · 1211 Cortina Drive, Orland
Jeanette Berrong, DO
Family medicine · 207 North Butte Street, Willows
Preeti Srivatsa, MD
OB-GYN · 207 North Butte Street, Willows
Jeetinder Sohal, MD
OB-GYN · 1133 West Sycamore Street, Willows
Neil Stark, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 50 Declaration Drive, Chico
Louise Krone Telehealth
Internal medicine · 100 Independence Circle, Chico
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 Artois, CA 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.
7.6 mi Willows Pharmacy
7.6 miOrlandcare Pharmacy and Medical Supply
7.9 miShowing the 3 closest pharmacies to Artois, CA.
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 Artois, 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.
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
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 Glenn County, the county that includes Artois, compare with California and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~19% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#32 of 58 California counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 45% of the state
| Infection | Glenn County | California | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 323.5 91 cases ▼ 34% | 491.1 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 53.3 15 cases ▼ 72% | 190.2 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 21.3 6 cases ▲ 31% | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 3.6 1 cases ▼ 81% | 19.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 24.9 7 cases ▼ 47% | 46.7 | 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 Glenn County, chlamydia has risen from 255.9 to 323.5 per 100,000 (26%), gonorrhea has risen from 45 to 53.3 per 100,000 (18%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 13.8 to 21.3 per 100,000 (54%).
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 Glenn County.
Local HIV snapshot
Glenn County HIV care continuum (2022)
Glenn County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 14.9 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Glenn County residents living with HIV, 65% are in care · 30% 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 Glenn County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Data & references
Local context
Almond orchards blanket the landscape around Artois, and the work that follows (sorting, processing, shipping) draws young adults into the region year-round, many living in the area for seasons at a time or newly settled. That transient rhythm, paired with the reality that people in their late teens through early thirties navigate relationships and sexuality with particular intensity, makes routine confidential STI screening a practical matter here, not a distant health concept. The clinics and testing services in and around Artois listed on this page offer exactly that: straightforward access to screening without the social weight that can linger in tight-knit places. What sets testing here apart is the explicit separation between your results and your social life. Staff understand that discretion isn't negotiable when you work in visible local industries or live where word travels.
Screening visits are structured to protect that boundary, your information moves only where you direct it. Whether you're newly arrived, rooted here, or moving through, starting screening is as routine as any other health check. Testing near I 5 and elsewhere in the region runs on regular hours and accepts walk-ins or appointments, depending on the site. Knowing your status, and acting on it if needed, is the kind of adult decision that fits Artois's rhythm of forward motion.
Getting there
At 5.44/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Artois 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.
ZIP 95963 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 95963 area around Artois: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Artois alone.
Artois sits in Glenn County, ZIP 95963. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Artois? 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 Glenn County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under California 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 Artois-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 Artois 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 California 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 California, a minor aged 12 or older can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
California 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 CaliforniaSource: 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.
Possibly, Chico, CA is close; compare it by distance against Quest Diagnostics.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing.
Yes, community and public clinics test the uninsured, with sliding-scale fees.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 324 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the California average.
In California, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, most chlamydia infections cause no symptoms, so screening is the only reliable way to catch it.
Yes, from a reputable lab, confirm any positive with a clinician for treatment.
Start treatment, tell recent partners so they can test, avoid sex until cleared, and retest if advised, most STIs resolve with care.
Likely yes, if you were past the window period; otherwise retest, and keep up routine screening with new partners.
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