The rate of chlamydia in Clay County is about 63% lower than the US average. If you're considering STD testing in Celina, Tennessee before starting a new relationship or for ongoing care, you'll find public clinics reduce costs, private labs offer faster results, and at-home kits let you skip the clinic visit.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Celina, TN. The nearest, Tennessee Department of Health, is about 0.1 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.
Tennessee Department of Health in Celina tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee open to everyone, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs, appointment required, and all services ultimately provided at no fee.
When cost sits between a person and treatment, infections persist and spread. At Tennessee Department of Health in Celina, every service (testing, STI treatment, vaccines, hepatitis care) is provided at no fee, so the price of a visit never becomes the reason care doesn't happen.
When a clinic can't communicate directly in Spanish, the clinical relationship frays: questions go unasked, instructions get lost, and follow-through suffers. Tennessee Department of Health in Celina delivers care in Spanish, keeping the conversation and the treatment in the same room.
A hepatitis C diagnosis without on-site treatment means navigating specialists, delays, and additional costs that quietly become reasons treatment never starts. Tennessee Department of Health in Celina manages hepatitis C from detection through treatment, so a confirmed result leads directly to a care plan.
Languages
English, Spanish
Tests offered
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Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Monroe County Health Department in Tompkinsville runs STI and family planning care by appointment, with gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV testing covered on a sliding scale accepted by Medicaid and Medicare: same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines available on-site, with care delivered in Spanish.
When a clinic can't carry a visit through in Spanish, the practical result is deferred follow-up. Questions unasked, instructions half-understood, treatment delayed. At Monroe County Health Department, Spanish-language care runs through the full visit, so nothing critical falls into that gap.
Many public clinics provide family planning in name but route minors through processes that require parental involvement. Monroe County Health Department holds Title X designation, which legally protects the confidentiality of family planning services for minors. A meaningful structural difference from standard public health practice.
Languages
English, Spanish
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Care services
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 15 miles from Celina. 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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Celina, 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, 133 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Celina. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 34 offer telehealth.
Martha Moore, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 120 Pitcock Lane, Celina
Jessie Copeland, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 110 Doctors Drive, Celina
Keith Hill, MD
Family medicine · 100 Jettie Mabry Lane, Gainesboro
Kimberly Eakle, MD
Family medicine · 529 Capp Harlan Road, Tompkinsville
Timothy Hume, MD
Family medicine · 477 Capp Harlan Road, Tompkinsville
Jon Humphrey, MD
Family medicine · 4120 Bradford Hicks Drive, Livingston
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 Celina, 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.
Donaldson's Pharmacy
0.2 miTown and Country Pharmacy
0.2 miClay County Xpress Pharmacy
0.2 miAnderson Hometown Pharmacy
0.2 miDonaldson Pharmacy
0.2 miDale Hollow Pharmacy
0.2 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Celina, 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 Celina, 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.
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
$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
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 Clay County, the county that includes Celina, compare with Tennessee 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.
#77 of 95 Tennessee counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 19% of the state
| Infection | Clay County | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 181.5 14 cases ▼ 65% | 517.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 25.9 2 cases ▼ 86% | 186.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 38.9 3 cases ▲ 163% | 14.8 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 13 1 cases ▲ 13% | 11.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | — no data | 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 Clay County, chlamydia has risen from 131.9 to 181.5 per 100,000 (38%), gonorrhea has fallen from 39.6 to 25.9 per 100,000 (35%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 13.1 to 38.9 per 100,000 (197%).
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 Clay County.
Local HIV snapshot
Clay County HIV care continuum (2023)
Clay County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 14.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. 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 Clay County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Clay County Museum anchors downtown Celina the way courthouses anchor similar small seats, a fixed point where the community orients itself. But SR 52 and SR 53 are the two roads everyone actually depends on, and neither one leads quickly to a testing clinic; the options listed on this page require a real drive out of town, which shapes everything about how residents approach routine health care. That distance lands differently depending on how someone's week is structured. With labor-force participation well below typical rates and unemployment above it, a meaningful share of Celina adults are either stretched thin or working irregular hours. Neither condition makes a long round trip for a routine screening feel straightforward.
Younger adults in their late teens and twenties are the group most likely to benefit from regular STI screening, and for them the calculus of time, gas, and a half-day away from caregiving or a shift job is entirely real. Average household sizes here run large, which often means someone in the household is managing logistics for several other people at once. For renters (nearly half of all households, paying rents that are among the lowest in the region) out-of-pocket clinic fees can still sting. The sliding-scale and low-cost options listed on this page are worth comparing carefully before making the drive down Burkesville Highway.
Getting there
At 5.01/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Celina 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 38551 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 38551 area around Celina: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Celina alone.
Celina sits in Clay County, ZIP 38551. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Major routes
Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Celina? 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 Clay 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 Celina-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 Celina 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.
Possibly, Livingston, TN is close; compare it by distance against Tennessee Department of Health.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing, and public clinics test for free regardless of coverage.
Yes, Tennessee Department of Health (0.1 mi) offers free testing, and public clinics serve the uninsured.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 182 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Tennessee average.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 38551; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
In Tennessee, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, partners should test and be treated together to avoid passing it back and forth.
There's no cure, but antivirals manage symptoms well and reduce transmission.
It's cured with antibiotics; treating partners together prevents reinfection.
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