If you're in Carthage, Texas and considering STI testing options whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, Panola County's reported gonorrhea is about 51% lower than the US average. Trade-offs to consider include public clinics for lower costs, private labs for faster results, or at-home kits for convenience. View the list of options for Carthage, Texas below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Carthage, TX. The nearest, Hope Community Medicine, is about 1.1 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.
Hope Community Medicine in Carthage tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, treating bacterial infections the same visit when results call for it. Fees run on a sliding scale and the clinic accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. Appointments are required.
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Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Hope Community Medicine - Joaquin, serving Joaquin, earned federal qualification that ties its STI screening fees directly to each patient's income. Walk-ins welcome, no appointment needed. Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing is available on a sliding-scale basis, making costs manageable across a wide range of financial situations.
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A community safety-net rural health clinic about 26 miles from Carthage. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Crossroads Family Care in Mount Enterprise pairs gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and herpes testing with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. All on a sliding-scale fee that adjusts to income. Appointments are required; Medicaid, Medicare, and insurance are accepted, and services include HPV and hepatitis vaccines.
Crossroads Family Care delivers STI testing, counseling, and treatment directly in Spanish. Not routed through a separate service or scheduled separately. For someone navigating a diagnosis, discussing family planning, or managing ongoing treatment, that capacity sits inside the clinic itself, on the same appointment.
Many clinics test for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, and stop there. Crossroads Family Care extends its panel to herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB, giving a more complete picture in a single appointment rather than requiring separate referrals for those additional tests.
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Texas Department of State Health Services in Henderson tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV on a no-fee basis for everyone. Sliding-scale simply means zero here. HPV, hepatitis A and B, and mpox vaccines are available, and an appointment is required.
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Listing verified Jul 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
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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 1 mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Carthage, 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 Panola 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.
409 Cottage Road, Carthage, TX 75633
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Carthage. 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, 59 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Carthage. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 17 offer telehealth.
Adam Duran, MD
Family medicine · 305 Cottage Road, Carthage
Ilanko Upendran, MD
Internal medicine · 409 Cottage Road, Carthage
Bryan Juan, MD
Family medicine · 409 Cottage Road, Carthage
Venkata Samavedi, MD
Internal medicine · 702 Davis Street, Carthage
Gerald Akpassa, MD
Internal medicine · 4054 Northwest Loop, Carthage
Keith Miller, MD
Family medicine · 157 Wall Street, Tenaha
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 Carthage, TX 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.
Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy
0.5 mi
0.9 mi 
2.2 mi Bussey Drug
18 miBlount Pharmacy
23 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Carthage, TX.
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 Carthage, 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
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
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 Panola County, the county that includes Carthage, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~26% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#151 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 41% of the state
| Infection | Panola County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 258.3 59 cases ▼ 47% | 491.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 87.6 20 cases ▼ 50% | 176.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 15 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 4.4 1 cases ▼ 83% | 26.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 35 8 cases ▼ 21% | 44.3 | 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 Panola County, chlamydia has fallen from 315.7 to 258.3 per 100,000 (18%), gonorrhea has fallen from 115.6 to 87.6 per 100,000 (24%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 8.8 to 8.8 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 Panola County.
Local HIV snapshot
Panola County HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Panola County residents living with HIV, 70.6% are in care · 58.8% 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 Panola County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Near Jonathan Anderson Memorial Park, where weekday afternoons feel unhurried and front porches still count for something, Carthage carries the texture of a place where most households own their homes and put down roots. That stability shapes community life in real ways, but it also means that conversations about personal health, including sexual health, can feel more visible, more weighted with social familiarity than they might in a larger, more anonymous city. That social closeness can quietly shape who seeks testing and when. Younger adults in Carthage, people in their late teens and twenties forming new relationships, face the same elevated risk for STIs that that life stage brings everywhere, yet in a town this size, walking into a clinic on North Shelby Street or along US 59 Business feels like a more public act.
Nearly two-fifths of households here rent, often at modest rates that leave little room in the monthly budget for care that isn't planned for, and with more than a third of working-age residents outside the labor force, schedules aren't always the obstacle. Cost certainty is. Knowing in advance what a visit will cost, and that sliding-scale or no-cost options exist, is often what moves a test from intention to the actual drive across town.
Getting there
At 4.13/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Carthage 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 75633 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 75633 area around Carthage: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Carthage alone.
Carthage sits in Panola County, ZIP 75633. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Carthage? 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 Panola County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Texas 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 Carthage-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 Carthage 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 Texas 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 Texas, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Texas 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 TexasSource: 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+.
Public clinics serve people without insurance, often on a sliding scale.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Panola County reported ~258 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Texas average.
At-home kits mail to 75633: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
In Texas, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Untreated chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and fertility problems, caught early, it's cured with antibiotics.
Get treated, notify partners, pause sex until cleared, and follow up, the infection is manageable.
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