In Crockett, gonorrhea in Houston County is about 29% lower than the US average. If you've had a recent risk or simply test regularly, you have several options in Crockett. Some clinics take walk-ins for same-day testing, while labs and at-home kits let you plan around your own time. Options for both are listed below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Crockett, TX. The nearest, Texas Department of State Health Services, 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.
Texas Department of State Health Services in Crockett runs STI testing (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV) alongside family planning and vaccines for HPV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and mpox, all at no fee and all by appointment.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
HealthPoint - Trinity welcomes patients in Trinity regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, making it a practical answer for anyone navigating care without coverage or paying out of pocket. As a federally qualified health center, it offers sliding-scale STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
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A community safety-net rural health clinic about 30 miles from Crockett. 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 Palestine schedules appointments for STI visits, so arriving with a confirmed slot means the visit moves directly into testing and, for bacterial infections, same-visit treatment: all on a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance, with care available in Spanish.
Crossroads Family Care delivers STI care in Spanish as a direct clinical capacity, not a supplementary channel. Counseling, test review, and treatment decisions all happen in Spanish, which keeps the clinical conversation complete and unmediated from the first question to the final instruction.
Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, Crossroads tests for herpes and all three hepatitis strains: A, B, and C. That wider sweep means infections that often go undetected on a basic run are identified in the same appointment rather than requiring a separate visit.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
HealthPoint, a community health center in Centerville, folds STI care into a full-spectrum primary care environment: the standard panel, sliding-scale fees, same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, and HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccination, all by appointment, with care available in Spanish.
HealthPoint in Centerville delivers STI care directly in Spanish, not routed through auxiliary support, but as a core operational capacity of the clinic. For patients whose medical reasoning, questions, and concerns live in Spanish, that means clinical conversations, counseling, and PrEP management all happen in the same language.
Many STI clinics test for HIV and stop there, leaving prevention management to outside providers. HealthPoint in Centerville prescribes and manages PrEP directly, and also provides PEP. Meaning both daily HIV prevention and post-exposure treatment are handled within the same clinical relationship.
HealthPoint's panel covers infections (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C) giving herpes serology and hepatitis antibody testing the same clinical weight as the bacterial infections. A broader test count means fewer gaps left unaddressed in a single visit.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
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 1 mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Crockett, 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 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, 11 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Crockett. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 6 offer telehealth.
Victor Estevez Telehealth
Internal medicine · 1108 East Loop, Crockett
Jeffery Kroll, MD
Urology · 1050 East Loop, Crockett
Wayne Brown, DO
Family medicine · 102 South Main Street, Grapeland
Oscar Wilson, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 313 West Parker Street, Elkhart
Lawrence Quan, MD
Family medicine · 315 Prospect Drive, Trinity
Deepak Patel, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 108 North Robb Street, Trinity
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 Crockett, 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
0.2 miCharles H Stanton
23 miPharm House Drug- Trinity
27 miTrinity RX Pharmacy
27 miShowing the 4 closest pharmacies to Crockett, 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 Crockett, 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
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
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 Houston County, the county that includes Crockett, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~24% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#70 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 72% of the state
| Infection | Houston County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 403.3 89 cases ▼ 18% | 491.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 126.9 28 cases ▼ 28% | 176.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 15 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 26.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 31.7 7 cases ▼ 28% | 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 Houston County, chlamydia has risen from 326.3 to 403.3 per 100,000 (24%), gonorrhea has fallen from 158.6 to 126.9 per 100,000 (20%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 4.5 to 4.6 per 100,000 (2%).
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 Houston County.
Local HIV snapshot
Houston County HIV care continuum (2021)
Houston County recorded 31.8 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2021), against 20.2 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Houston County residents living with HIV, 75.2% are in care · 64.2% 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 Houston County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Along East Houston Avenue, where the storefronts tell the quiet story of a town stretching every dollar, a $681 monthly rent lands differently when barely one household in twenty-five clears six figures, and suddenly a clinic visit is measured against groceries, utilities, and whatever the car needs next. That calculus shapes health decisions in Crockett more than most people admit, and it's worth naming plainly. With just over half the city renting rather than owning, and households averaging more than three people, budgets tend to be spread thin across several people's needs at once. Fewer than half of Crockett's working-age residents are in the labor force at all, which means schedules here aren't uniform nine-to-fives: some people have more time than money, others are piecing together shifts and childcare with little margin for a separate appointment across town.
East Goliad Avenue and the routes off TX 7 are the practical connective tissue for most errands, and this is a place where "getting tested" means arranging a trip, not walking out the door. For people in their late teens and twenties, the years when STI rates run highest, that combination of thin budgets and real travel time is what actually determines whether screening happens. The options listed on this page range in cost and distance, and some are far more reachable than others for someone without flexibility to spare on a weekday afternoon near the Early Bank Building end of downtown.
Getting there
At 6.26/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Crockett 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 75835 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 75835 area around Crockett: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Crockett alone.
Crockett sits in Houston County, ZIP 75835. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Crockett? 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 Houston 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 Crockett-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 Crockett 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.
There are 2 options within a 30-mile drive.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it, and public clinics are free either way.
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.
Houston County reported ~403 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Texas average.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Texas, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Reassuring if you tested after the window, just retest if it was early, and screen again with new partners.
Yes, site matters; oral/anal exposure needs a throat or rectal swab, which urine testing won't catch.
Get treated, notify partners, pause sex until cleared, and follow up, the infection is manageable.
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