Gonorrhea reports in Grainger County run about 62% lower than the US average. Whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening in Blaine, Tennessee, weigh your options: public clinics keep costs down, private labs prioritize speed, and at-home kits trade a clinic visit for convenience. Review your choices below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Blaine, TN. The nearest, River Valley Health, is about 0.7 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.
River Valley Health in Blaine charges on a sliding scale accepted by Medicaid and most insurance, with PrEP covered for the uninsured; appointments are required for testing covering HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections.
River Valley Health carries hepatitis C treatment through to cure on-site, the same clinic that runs the antibody and confirmatory RNA testing also manages the full antiviral course. That continuity means a positive diagnosis doesn't send a patient hunting for a separate specialist to begin treatment.
Plenty of testing clinics stop at the test result and leave prevention prescribing to someone else, River Valley Health writes and manages both PrEP and PEP directly, keeping the medication relationship inside the same practice that handles the underlying STI care.
Interpretation services at River Valley Health are available across appointments, meaning medication adherence counseling, PrEP education, and treatment decisions can be communicated with full precision. Not compressed into whatever English a patient can manage under pressure.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Tennessee Department of Health in Maynardville tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis C on a sliding-scale fee, with HIV testing offered free, by appointment, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and all services provided at no fee.
Many clinics absorb some costs and pass others on, a vaccine here, a lab fee there. Tennessee Department of Health in Maynardville doesn't partition it that way: every service, from testing to treatment to vaccines, carries no charge to the patient.
PrEP at this clinic means a prescription written and tracked in-house: regular HIV testing, kidney-function monitoring, and medication management handled by the same staff, not coordinated across separate offices. PEP is also available for prevention, keeping both time-sensitive and ongoing HIV prevention within a single care relationship.
Plenty of testing sites confirm a hepatitis C infection and then send patients elsewhere to find treatment. Tennessee Department of Health in Maynardville runs treatment on-site, meaning a positive result doesn't mark the end of the clinic's role. It marks the beginning of the next step.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
RMS Jefferson City, Jefferson City, earned its federally qualified health center designation by tying fees to patient income: meaning the same syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening is available at a cost that adjusts to what someone actually earns, no appointment needed to get started.
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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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Blaine, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & 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, 619 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Blaine. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 149 offer telehealth.
Brian Bonnyman, MD
Family medicine · 880 Rutledge Pike, Blaine
Kalpesh Parikh, MD
Internal medicine · 6310 Roberts Road, Corryton
Gregory Smith, DO
Family medicine · 9400 Calla Lilly Lane, Mascot
Alan Haney, MD
Family medicine · 149 Durham Drive, Maynardville
Sean Delair, MD
Urology · 110 Hospital Drive, Jefferson City
Deborah Joseph, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 120 Hospital Drive, Jefferson City
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 Blaine, TN 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.
Food City Pharmacy
0.5 miOkie's Pharmacy Ii
0.8 miRush Strong Pharmacy
5.7 miEast Tennessee Discount Drug
7.7 miFour Way Prescription Shop
8.7 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Blaine, TN.
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 Blaine, 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 $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or 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 Grainger County, the county that includes Blaine, compare with Tennessee and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~24% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#67 of 95 Tennessee counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 29% of the state
| Infection | Grainger County | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 198.5 49 cases ▼ 62% | 517.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 68.9 17 cases ▼ 63% | 186.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 16.2 4 cases ▲ 9% | 14.8 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 11.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 4.1 1 cases ▼ 84% | 26.4 | 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 Grainger County, chlamydia has risen from 191.3 to 198.5 per 100,000 (4%), gonorrhea has risen from 55.3 to 68.9 per 100,000 (25%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 16.2 to 16.2 per 100,000.
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 Grainger County.
Local HIV snapshot
Grainger County HIV care continuum (2023)
Grainger County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 14.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Grainger County residents living with HIV, 89.5% are in care · 84.2% 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 Grainger County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Data & references
Local context
Rutledge Pike cuts through the kind of Tennessee countryside where most households own their homes outright and have for years: a rooted, family-oriented community where roughly half of adults are married and households run larger than the national average. That distance is the central fact for younger adults here, people in their late teens and twenties who are statistically most likely to benefit from routine STI screening and least likely to have cleared a half-day for it. With a majority of the workforce employed and a fairly modest typical rent keeping household budgets tight, an unplanned trip to a clinic in another county is exactly the kind of errand that gets deferred.
The options listed on this page include cost and hours detail precisely because those two variables, not just miles, determine whether a visit actually happens. Residents near Lea Springs or out toward Richland face the same calculus: Rutledge Pike goes one direction, and whatever clinic fits the schedule and fee structure is on the other end of it. Knowing which one that is before leaving the driveway matters.
Getting there
At 3.97/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Blaine 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 37709 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 37709 area around Blaine: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Blaine alone.
Blaine sits in Grainger County, ZIP 37709. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Blaine? 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 Grainger County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Tennessee 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 Blaine-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 Blaine 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Tennessee 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 TennesseeSource: 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.
Yes, several local labs offer same-day walk-in testing; best to call first.
Free at public clinics. Private labs run about $24 for one test and $139 for a full panel; at-home kits are $49+.
Tennessee Department of Health, about 9.3 mi away, provides free testing.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Grainger County reported ~199 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Tennessee average.
In Tennessee, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
Telling recent partners lets them test and treat; many health departments offer confidential partner-notification help.
Little prep is needed, bring an ID and insurance if you have it, and note your exposure dates and any symptoms; for a urine test, avoid peeing for about an hour beforehand.
Clinics give immediate care and treatment; home kits win on convenience and discretion. Either works.
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