Chlamydia cases in Lee County are currently 48% higher than the national average. If you've had a recent risk, or just test regularly in Baldwyn, Mississippi, you'll find clinics may bill insurance or offer sliding-scale fees, while private labs usually let you pay a flat self-pay price. The options below may help.
Available testing centers
8 testing options are listed for Baldwyn, MS. The nearest, North Mississippi Health Services, is about 2.1 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.
North Mississippi Health Services in Baldwyn runs by appointment, so scheduling ahead is the move, and one visit covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid and conventional HIV, herpes, hepatitis B and C, same-visit bacterial treatment, and sliding-scale fees, with care available in Spanish.
Beyond the four-infection baseline, North Mississippi Health Services tests for herpes simplex, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C at the same appointment. Meaning a single scheduled visit generates results across infections rather than requiring separate referrals for the less-common ones.
For anyone without a regular prescribing provider, North Mississippi Health Services holds PrEP as an ongoing clinical service (initiating the prescription, handling the required HIV and renal monitoring, and managing refills) so the medication doesn't depend on establishing care elsewhere first. PEP is also available through the same practice.
Spanish is a working clinical language at North Mississippi Health Services in Baldwyn: meaning the intake, counseling, and results discussion happen directly in Spanish, not routed through a separate service layer that sits between the patient and the provider.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Booneville Community Health Center, serving Booneville, ties STI screening fees directly to each patient's income. Federal health center status backs that commitment. Walk-in appointments are welcome, and the standard panel covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with costs scaled so financial barriers don't stand between anyone and screening.
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Mississippi State Department of Health in Booneville charges on a sliding scale and accepts Medicaid and private insurance, keeping costs proportional to income for everyone. The clinic tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and TB, treating bacterial STIs and TB on-site. An appointment is required.
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
A safety-net rural health clinic about 14 miles from Baldwyn. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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A public safety-net rural health clinic about 15 miles from Baldwyn. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
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 2 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Baldwyn, 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 range: couples & full panels
$79 & 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.
Also in the area
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Lee 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.
745 South 4th Street, Baldwyn, MS 38824
CMS-certified lab
499 Gloster Creek Vlg Suite A1 - Lab Room 2, Tupelo, MS 38801
CMS-certified lab
1665 South Green Street, Tupelo, MS 38804
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Baldwyn. 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, 194 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Baldwyn. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 22 offer telehealth.
Sharon Mitchell, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 745 South 4th Street, Baldwyn
Amber Norris, DO
Family medicine · 125 Turner Park Road, Saltillo
Kirsten Bolton, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 2781 Hwy 145, Saltillo
Nathan Baldwin, MD
Internal medicine · 100 Hospital Street, Booneville
Thomas Putnam, MD
Internal medicine · 100 Hospital Street, Booneville
Mandar Jagtap, DO
Internal medicine · 100 Hospital Street, Booneville
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 Baldwyn, MS 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.
Medical Arts Pharmacy
0.4 miHouston Discount Drugs
0.5 miBaldwyn L&L Pharmacy
1.8 miNorthridge Pharmacy
1.8 miDogwood Family Pharmacy
9.9 miSaltillo Pharmacy Services
11 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Baldwyn, MS.
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 Baldwyn, 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.
$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
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
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 Lee County, the county that includes Baldwyn, compare with Mississippi 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.
#31 of 82 Mississippi counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 62% of the state
| Infection | Lee County | Mississippi | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 730.7 605 cases ▲ 4% | 700.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 282.6 234 cases ▲ 13% | 251.1 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 53.1 44 cases ▲ 76% | 30.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 21.7 18 cases ▲ 33% | 16.3 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 88.2 73 cases ▲ 36% | 64.8 | 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 Lee County, chlamydia has fallen from 836.3 to 730.7 per 100,000 (13%), gonorrhea has fallen from 572.3 to 282.6 per 100,000 (51%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 26.4 to 53.1 per 100,000 (101%).
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 Lee County.
Local HIV snapshot
Federal priority area: Mississippi is one of the U.S. jurisdictions prioritized under the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative: targeted federal funding to expand local HIV testing, PrEP, and prevention.
Lee County HIV care continuum (2023)
Lee County recorded 20.4 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 21.3 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Lee County residents living with HIV, 85% are in care · 75.7% 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 Lee County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Baldwyn's STI picture sits within Lee County's broader rural health landscape, where getting screened can mean clearing a real stretch of highway before you even reach the options listed on this page. For the younger adults who live here, people in their late teens and twenties navigating early relationships and shifting living situations, that distance compounds quickly when a car isn't always available or a work schedule doesn't leave room for a mid-week appointment. The local economic picture sharpens that reality. With unemployment running high and nearly four in ten households renting at some of the lowest rents in the state, a meaningful share of Baldwyn residents are managing tight monthly margins.
The roughly half of working-age adults currently in the labor force often hold hourly or shift-based jobs where taking time off costs more than the appointment itself, making same-day or low-cost options the ones that actually get used. The small share of high-earning households here means sliding-scale or free testing isn't just a convenience; for many residents it's the difference between screening and skipping it. Lee County's STI rates reflect what happens when distance and cost each pull in the same direction. The most practical move from anywhere in Baldwyn is checking the listed options for the nearest clinic's hours and fees before the drive, so nothing surprises you at the door.
Getting there
At 4.8/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Baldwyn 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 38824 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 38824 area around Baldwyn: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Baldwyn alone.
Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Baldwyn? 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 Lee County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Mississippi 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 a Baldwyn-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 Baldwyn 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Mississippi 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 MississippiSource: 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.
The closest is North Mississippi Health Services (2.1 mi); 6 options are within 30 miles.
Most plans cover STD screening; a clinic or lab can bill insurance, or you can pay a flat self-pay price.
Public clinics nearby offer free HIV testing.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 731 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the Mississippi average.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 38824; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In Mississippi, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
Start treatment, tell recent partners so they can test, avoid sex until cleared, and retest if advised, most STIs resolve with care.
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