Gonorrhea in Southampton County runs about 35% lower than the US average. Whether you're starting a new relationship or managing ongoing care in Boykins, Virginia, your testing options balance cost, speed, and convenience. Public clinics keep expenses down. Private labs can be faster. At-home kits may be more convenient.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Boykins, VA. The nearest, Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center, is about 11.4 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.
Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center in Murfreesboro tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and all three hepatitis strains on a sliding-scale fee, and every service is provided at no charge. Appointments are required.
Sliding-scale clinics typically still generate a bill, even a small one, after the visit. Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center charges nothing for any service it provides, so the full scope of testing, treatment, and prevention sits at the same price point regardless of what you need.
Without direct-language care, an STI diagnosis can stall at the point of explanation. Leaving treatment delayed and follow-up questions unanswered. Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center delivers care in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, and Haitian Creole, along with Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, so the clinical conversation actually completes.
Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP on-site, meaning a prevention plan, and any necessary adjustments to it, stays with the same clinical team rather than moving across providers.
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American Sign Language, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Murfreesboro Primay Care, in Murfreesboro, welcomes walk-in patients for STI screening without an appointment. Federal qualification ties its fees to a sliding income-based scale, so a single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing at a cost adjusted to what each patient actually earns.
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Virginia Department of Health in Courtland charges on a sliding scale and accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance for a panel covering HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis C, and TB: by appointment, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and care available in Spanish.
Without Spanish-language capacity at the point of care, a diagnosis can stall: waiting on a callback, a rescheduled visit, or a separate consultation before treatment begins. At Virginia Department of Health in Courtland, the clinical conversation happens in Spanish here, so treatment follows diagnosis without the gap that delay creates.
Virginia Department of Health in Courtland provides DoxyPEP, doxycycline taken after a sexual exposure to reduce bacterial STI risk, directly through the clinic. Having the prescribing and counseling consolidated in one appointment means the protocol is started with clinical guidance rather than pieced together across separate providers.
For anyone without a regular primary care provider, or paying out of pocket and unwilling to fund multiple visits, Virginia Department of Health in Courtland's panel is built for complete answers in one appointment: herpes and hepatitis C testing sit alongside the standard four, so gaps don't get deferred to a second clinic.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
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 11 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Boykins, 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.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 91 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Boykins. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 14 offer telehealth.
Gilberto Navarro, MD
Internal medicine · 305 Beechwood Boulevard, Murfreesboro
Elizabeth Robledo, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 22708 Main Street, Courtland
Ericka Young, DO
Family medicine · 23020 Main Street, Courtland
Shavon Jones, MD
Family medicine · 1357 Armory Drive, Franklin
Michael Abu-Absi, MD
Internal medicine · 1301 Armory Drive, Franklin
Alan Edwards, MD
Internal medicine · 118 Fairview Drive, Franklin
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 Boykins, VA 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.
Taylor Drug Company
9.9 mi
11 mi Colonial Pharmacy
11 mi
15 mi Franklin Hometown Pharmacy
15 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Boykins, VA.
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 Boykins, 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
$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
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 Southampton County, the county that includes Boykins, compare with Virginia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~21% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#53 of 133 Virginia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 60% of the state
| Infection | Southampton County | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 383.9 69 cases ▼ 19% | 472.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 116.8 21 cases ▼ 26% | 158.3 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 10.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 9.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | — no data | 15.8 | 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 Southampton County, chlamydia has fallen from 466.8 to 383.9 per 100,000 (18%), and gonorrhea has fallen from 233.4 to 116.8 per 100,000 (50%).
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 Southampton County.
Local HIV snapshot
Southampton County HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Southampton County residents living with HIV, 90% are in care · 85% 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 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 Southampton County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
VA 35 stretches out of Boykins as South Main Street before thinning into open farmland, and any clinic visit means committing to that drive. The options listed on this page don't sit at the end of a short walk, so testing requires planning the same way any other errand out of town does. The community's shape adds useful texture. Homeownership here runs exceptionally high, and households tend to be larger and often headed by married couples. The kind of stable, rooted domestic life that doesn't always flag routine screening as urgent.
But a double-digit unemployment rate means a real share of residents are managing stretched budgets alongside open schedules, and a $692 monthly rent, low by most measures, still matters when out-of-pocket costs enter the conversation. The options listed here vary in fee structure, so checking before you go pays off. Younger adults in Boykins (people in their twenties and early thirties, the years when STI rates are highest nationally) are living inside those same households: siblings, partners, young parents. For them, a trip down VA 35 to a listed clinic is the whole transaction; the household structure around them doesn't make the drive shorter, but knowing what's available and affordable makes it more likely to happen.
Getting there
At 3.2/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Boykins 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 23827 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 23827 area around Boykins: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Boykins alone.
Boykins sits in Southampton County, ZIP 23827. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Major routes
Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Boykins? 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 Southampton County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Virginia 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 Boykins-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 Boykins 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 Virginia 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 Virginia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Virginia 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 VirginiaSource: 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, Murfreesboro, NC is close; compare it by distance against Murfreesboro Primay Care.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
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 384 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Virginia average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In Virginia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, test after the window period, and if HIV exposure is a concern, ask about PEP within 72 hours.
HPV and hepatitis B vaccines prevent those infections, ask a provider if you're due.
A retest around 3 months after treatment is recommended for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
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