In Perry County, Arkansas, reported chlamydia rates run about 62% lower than the US average. If you're visiting Bigelow, Arkansas for a one-time concern or regular check-ups, you have options: clinics can answer questions and start treatment, while at-home kits let you collect a sample on your own schedule and mail it in. The options in Bigelow, Arkansas are listed below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Bigelow, AR. The nearest, Baptist Health, is about 9.6 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.
Baptist Health in Perryville operates within a hospital network, which anchors STI care in a clinical infrastructure that handles both routine and complex cases. The sliding-scale fee applies to the full panel (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid and conventional HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C) with bacterial infections treated the same visit. Appointment required.
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Listing verified Jun 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Arkansas Department of Health in Perryville requires an appointment and covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, hepatitis C, and TB testing in a single visit, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs, sliding-scale fees accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and insurance, and hepatitis C managed on-site.
The clinicians here prescribe and monitor direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C without sending patients elsewhere: meaning the same provider who orders the antibody test can write the treatment plan, track viral load response, and adjust course as needed.
Testing here includes herpes and hepatitis C alongside the core bacterial and HIV tests, which means conditions that often go undetected on a basic panel can be caught and addressed in the same appointment rather than surfacing incidentally later.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 11 miles from Bigelow. 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 10 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Bigelow, 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.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 488 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Bigelow. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 119 offer telehealth.
Melissa Seme, MD
Family medicine · 518 North Fourch Avenue, Perryville
James Tilley, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 495 Hogan Lane, Conway
Neeraj Bharany, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 1016 North Fourche Avenue, Perryville
Eric Woodard, MD
Internal medicine · 525 Hendrix Cv, Conway
Garry Stewart, MD
Family medicine · 1545 Hogan Lane, Conway
Cynthia Chow, MD
Family medicine · 2255 Sturgis Road, Conway
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 Bigelow, AR 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.
9.2 mi Roland's Drug Store
9.6 miCobbs Drug Store
9.6 miCornerstone Pharmacy Conway
9.9 miSam's Club Pharmacy
10 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Bigelow, AR.
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 Bigelow, 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 Perry County, the county that includes Bigelow, compare with Arkansas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~23% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#66 of 75 Arkansas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 12% of the state
| Infection | Perry County | Arkansas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 186.6 19 cases ▼ 68% | 579.6 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 108 11 cases ▼ 44% | 193.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 19.6 2 cases ▼ 33% | 29.2 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 19.6 2 cases ▲ 13% | 17.3 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 58.9 6 cases ▲ 23% | 48 | 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 Perry County, chlamydia has risen from 159.7 to 186.6 per 100,000 (17%), gonorrhea has risen from 69.9 to 108 per 100,000 (55%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 10 to 19.6 per 100,000 (96%).
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 Perry County.
Local HIV snapshot
Federal priority area: Arkansas 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.
Perry County HIV care continuum (2022)
Perry County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 11.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Perry County residents living with HIV, 50% are in care · 33.3% 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 Perry County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Graytown's character is built on ownership: the vast majority of households here hold the deed to their home, and that stability shapes a community where people tend to stay put, raise families, and keep household sizes well above national norms. Nearly half of Bigelow households bring in six-figure incomes, yet the town's overall labor-force participation means a notable share of adults aren't on a conventional nine-to-five clock, which sounds like flexibility until you realize that irregular schedules and caregiving responsibilities can make any errand feel like a logistical negotiation. Bigelow offers almost no walking infrastructure, so reaching anything (a clinic, a pharmacy, a specialist) means getting in a car and driving, likely past the Little Rock and Western Railway corridor and out toward providers in neighboring communities. The options listed on this page reflect that regional reality.
For younger adults in their late teens and twenties, who are navigating new relationships and face the highest rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, the calculus of a round-trip drive adds time and fuel cost to what should be a routine matter. With more than half of adults in Bigelow married and household sizes running large, sexual health decisions ripple outward. A diagnosis caught early protects partners and keeps families intact, which is exactly what the clinics listed here are positioned to do.
Getting there
At 4.29/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Bigelow 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 72016 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 72016 area around Bigelow: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Bigelow alone.
Bigelow sits in Perry County, ZIP 72016. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Bigelow? 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 Perry County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Arkansas 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 Bigelow-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 Bigelow 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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Arkansas 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 ArkansasSource: 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 Baptist Health (9.6 mi); 7 options are within 30 miles.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing, and public clinics test for free regardless of coverage.
Yes, public clinics in the area offer free or low-cost 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 187 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Arkansas average.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
In Arkansas, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Medical records are protected under federal HIPAA law, ask the clinic how it handles your information.
A retest around 3 months after treatment is recommended for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
The sore can disappear on its own even though the infection remains; only testing confirms it's gone.
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