STD Testing in Clyde, MS: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
New HIV diagnoses in Lamar County run about 34% lower than the US average. If you've had a recent risk or simply test on a regular schedule in Clyde, Mississippi, some clinics take walk-ins for same-day testing, while labs and at-home kits let you plan around your own time.
6 testing options are listed for Clyde, MS. The nearest, Southern Medical Care, is about 3.5 miles away. Compare community and public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits below.
How to read these listings
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.
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Southern Medical Care
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Southern Medical Care in Hattiesburg brings STI testing (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) together with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections under a fee-based model that accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance. Appointments are required. The clinic prescribes both PrEP and PEP for ongoing HIV prevention.
Southern Women's Health in Hattiesburg tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, and treats bacterial infections the same day rather than scheduling a follow-up. Sliding-scale fees keep costs tied to what you actually earn.
A public safety-net rural health clinic about 7 miles from Clyde. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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.
The nearest testing center is about 4 miles away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Clyde, 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 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
Quest Diagnostics
$79 & up
Panel:
8-infection panel incl. chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, syphilis, hepatitis & herpes: single tests too
Sample:
Quest Mobile: a phlebotomist collects your sample at home
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
Other CLIA-certified labs near Clyde, MS
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Lamar 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.
Hubcare Pathology
5052 West Fourth Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39402
CMS-certified labAccredited · College of American Pathologists
Showing 6 of the CLIA-certified labs in Lamar County.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Clyde. 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
Clinicians near Clyde, MS who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 175 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Clyde. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 76 offer telehealth.
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
Pharmacies near Clyde, MS
Compare the pharmacies closest to Clyde, MS. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
Directory records identify nearby pharmacies. Service, stock, price, and hours information is shown only when supported by current location-specific evidence.
Prevention & treatment
PrEP, prevention & online treatment
Testing is one step. For residents of Clyde, 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.
Online treatment
Nurx
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
STDs & HIV in Lamar County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Lamar County, the county that includes Clyde, compare with Mississippi and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~29% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#63 of 82 Mississippi counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 23% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Lamar County vs Mississippi vs U.S.
Lamar CountyMississippiU.S.▲▼ = Lamar County vs the state average
Infection
Lamar County
Mississippi
United States
Chlamydia
475.7315 cases▼ 32%
700.9
492.2
Gonorrhea
179.7119 cases▼ 28%
251.1
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
52.935 cases▲ 76%
30.1
15.8
Syphilis (early)
16.611 cases▲ 2%
16.3
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
45.330 cases▼ 30%
64.8
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.
Reported STD rates in Lamar County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▲ 11% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Lamar County, chlamydia has fallen from 560.6 to 475.7 per 100,000 (15%), gonorrhea has fallen from 376.8 to 179.7 per 100,000 (52%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 29.6 to 52.9 per 100,000 (79%).
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
What shapes testing access in and around Clyde, MS
Adults uninsured
9.4%
No routine checkup
19%
No transportation
9.8%
Binge drinking
15.2%
Frequent mental distress
16.4%
Depression
20.8%
Below poverty line
16.5%
Primary-care ratio
807 : 1
Lamar County
Primary-care shortage score 20 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 41.2
Social Vulnerability Index · 60th percentile nationally
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 Lamar County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Lamar County (2023)
Federal priority area: Mississippi is one of the U.S. jurisdictions prioritized under the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative: targeted federal funding to expand local HIV testing, PrEP, and prevention.
People living with HIV
112 / 100k
PrEP users / 100k
62
Lamar County HIV care continuum (2022)
Lamar County recorded 9.1 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 21.3 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Lamar County residents living with HIV, 74.6% are in care · 62.7% 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.
Pregnant or planning to be?Congenital syphilis is the fastest-rising STI: what to test, and when
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 Lamar County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Optimist Park sits quiet most weekday mornings, but the drive from its edge out to the nearest clinic is long enough that most people talk themselves out of it before they've reached the county line. That schedule pressure is real here. Nearly two-thirds of residents are in the labor force, and with rent running well over a thousand dollars a month for the four-in-ten households who aren't owners, a morning off to drive somewhere unfamiliar carries actual cost.
Younger adults in Clyde (people in their late teens and twenties, who face the steepest STI risk of any age group) are often the ones balancing the tightest margins between rent, work hours, and free time. For them, a clinic with predictable hours and low fees isn't a convenience; it's the thing that makes the appointment actually possible. The households near Lake Serene North and Lake Serene South skew toward stable, married-couple arrangements, but that doesn't flatten the need: roughly half of adults are partnered, which means new relationships, life transitions, and overlapping networks remain part of the picture across every corner of Clyde.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Clyde, MS
Walkability9.17 / 20 · Below average
At 9.17/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Clyde 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 39402 snapshot
Residents
43,756
Median age
35.6
Median income
$71,254
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 39402 area around Clyde: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Clyde alone.
Clyde sits in Lamar County, ZIP 39402. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Optimist Park
Neighborhoods & communities
Lake Serene North
Lake Serene South
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near Clyde, MS
Just outside Clyde? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Clyde, MS: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Lamar County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Mississippi law. If you have symptoms right now, our confidential symptom checker maps them to the tests worth considering.
Who should test, and whenCDC screening schedule + each infection's detection window
Who should get tested, and how often
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
When to test: STD detection windows
Testing too early can return a false negative, confirm timing with a Clyde-area provider.
What each STD test costsMedicare reference prices per lab test, a benchmark before you pay out of pocket
These are the federal Medicare reference prices for processing each lab test. Public clinics and the community health centers serving Clyde 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.
Confidentiality & consent in MississippiMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on Mississippi 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).
Can a minor consent on their own?
In Mississippi, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Can my partner be treated too? (EPT)
Mississippi 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.
