In Murray County, gonorrhea reports run about 39% lower than the US average. If you've had a recent risk or test regularly in Chatsworth, Georgia, weigh the low cost of community and public clinics against faster results and flexible scheduling at private labs. Our list below gives you options.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Chatsworth, GA. The nearest, North Georgia Health District, 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.
North Georgia Health District in Chatsworth brings STI care through a public health district framework, where the standard panel, sliding-scale fees, same-visit bacterial treatment, and HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccines sit alongside appointment-based services for the community. With Spanish-language care available throughout.
Plenty of testing sites run only gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, and patients who need herpes or hepatitis C answers get sent elsewhere. North Georgia Health District tests for all of them, plus TB, so a single appointment can close questions that a narrower clinic would leave open.
For someone whose primary language is Spanish and who has no established provider, navigating STI care in a second language can mean missing critical details about treatment or follow-up. North Georgia Health District delivers care in Spanish throughout, so treatment instructions, results, and prevention counseling land in full, not in fragments.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Georgia Mountains Health Services in Chatsworth tests for gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, HIV, and herpes on a sliding-scale fee that applies to everyone, with appointments required and STI treatment available at the same visit.
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Listing verified Jun 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Georgia Department of Public Health in Dalton runs STI care through the infrastructure of a full public health department: meaning the standard panel (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, TB) sits alongside treatment, vaccines, and family planning, with walk-in access and all services at no fee.
Plenty of clinics post a sliding scale and leave the final number uncertain. At Georgia Department of Public Health in Dalton, the fee for every service (testing, treatment, vaccines, counseling) is zero, full stop, regardless of insurance status or income.
Many STI clinics handle Spanish through workarounds that keep the provider and patient one step removed from each other. Georgia Department of Public Health in Dalton delivers care directly in Spanish, so the clinical conversation (history, results, treatment instructions) happens without an intermediary.
Ryan White funding at Georgia Department of Public Health in Dalton supports the full arc of HIV care, from initial testing through ongoing medical treatment and medication adherence counseling, which means a positive result doesn't end the relationship with this clinic; it deepens it.
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Erlanger Health System in Dalton requires an appointment and covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB in a single visit, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs, HPV and hepatitis vaccines, and sliding-scale fees accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and insurance.
Staff deliver care in Spanish directly, which means medical history, test results, and treatment instructions all move in the same language. Nothing condensed, nothing delayed by translation gaps.
Erlanger Health System tests for herpes and hepatitis A, B, and C alongside the core bacterial and viral panel, so a single appointment can surface infections that a narrower screen would leave unexamined.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
A public safety-net rural health clinic about 19 miles from Chatsworth. 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 Chatsworth, 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 Murray 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.
707 Old Dalton Ellijay Road, Chatsworth, GA 30705
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
Showing the nearest 1 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Chatsworth. 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, 372 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Chatsworth. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 83 offer telehealth.
Daniel Treiyer, MD
Internal medicine · 707 Old Dalton Ellijay Road, Chatsworth
Sheetal Patel, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 707 Old Dalton Ellijay Road, Chatsworth
Hak Lee, MD Telehealth
Urology · 106 Hospital Drive, Chatsworth
James Loughridge, MD
Internal medicine · 104 Hospital Drive, Chatsworth
Bryan Cheever, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 800 Gi Maddox Parkway, Chatsworth
Richard Mersberger, DO
Family medicine · 824 Gi Maddox Parkway, Chatsworth
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 Chatsworth, GA 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.
Living Well Express Pharmacy
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0.9 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Chatsworth, GA.
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 Chatsworth, 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 Murray County, the county that includes Chatsworth, compare with Georgia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~30% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#126 of 159 Georgia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 21% of the state
| Infection | Murray County | Georgia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 338.7 139 cases ▼ 48% | 646.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 109.7 45 cases ▼ 60% | 274.8 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 24.4 10 cases ▲ 22% | 20 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 9.7 4 cases ▼ 47% | 18.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 17.1 7 cases ▼ 52% | 35.8 | 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 Murray County, chlamydia has risen from 270.2 to 338.7 per 100,000 (25%), gonorrhea has risen from 80.1 to 109.7 per 100,000 (37%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 4.9 to 24.4 per 100,000 (398%).
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 Murray County.
Local HIV snapshot
Murray County HIV care continuum (2022)
Murray County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 25.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Murray County residents living with HIV, 82.1% are in care · 79.5% 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 Murray County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
North Murray households stretch across a split that's almost perfectly even between owners and renters, and for the renters, a modest typical rent doesn't leave much slack once the month's bills land. That financial tightness, layered onto a workforce where roughly half of adults are actively employed and many of those are holding the kinds of jobs with fixed shifts and little schedule flexibility, means a clinic visit can feel like a logistical puzzle before it's even attempted. Chatsworth is also a town where most adults are married and households run close to three people: meaning sexual health decisions ripple outward, and routine screening matters not just individually but for the people sharing a home along G I Maddox Parkway or near Chatsworth City Park.
Young adults, people in their late teens and twenties who are still navigating new relationships, represent a meaningful portion of the population here, and they're precisely the group for whom a cumbersome, far-flung appointment is most likely to never get scheduled at all. With no sidewalks to speak of and everything requiring a car, options listed on this page offer something genuinely useful: variety in hours, fees, and distance so that someone in North Murray can find an appointment that fits around a shift rather than forcing a choice between work and care.
Getting there
At 3.29/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Chatsworth 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 30705 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 30705 area around Chatsworth: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Chatsworth alone.
Chatsworth sits in Murray County, ZIP 30705. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Chatsworth? 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 Murray County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Georgia 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 Chatsworth-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 Chatsworth 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 Georgia 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 Georgia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Georgia 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 GeorgiaSource: 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 North Georgia Health District (0.1 mi); 9 options are within 30 miles.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
Yes, community and public clinics test the uninsured, with sliding-scale fees.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 339 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Georgia average.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
In Georgia, 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.
Yes, pelvic or lower-belly pain can be a sign of untreated chlamydia or gonorrhea spreading, so see a provider and test.
HPV and hepatitis B vaccines prevent those infections, ask a provider if you're due.
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