Summit County sees new HIV diagnoses that are about 45% lower than the national average. In Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, whether you need testing after a possible exposure or as part of routine care, your options balance cost and speed. Local clinics often offer free or low-cost testing, while private labs can deliver results more quickly. Find both options listed below.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for Cuyahoga Falls, OH. The nearest, Quest Diagnostics, is about 3.9 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.
Cleveland Clinic in Stow accepts Medicaid and most insurance, with a fee schedule for other payers, and tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB. With same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and appointments required.
Cleveland Clinic in Stow carries both PrEP and PEP as standing clinical services: meaning someone without an established infectious-disease provider, or paying out of pocket and wanting a single billing relationship, can get the prescription and the monitoring in the same place rather than assembling care across multiple offices.
Direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C are prescribed and managed at Cleveland Clinic Stow, not handed off elsewhere after a positive antibody result. That continuity keeps viral-load monitoring, prescription adjustments, and cure confirmation within a single clinical record.
Beyond the four-infection baseline, Cleveland Clinic Stow tests for herpes and all three hepatitis strains (A, B, and C) which means a single appointment can surface infections that a narrower panel would miss entirely, shaping a more complete picture of what needs treatment or vaccination.
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Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Summit County Public Health in Akron screens for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis B and C, all at no charge, on a sliding-scale basis that extends to every patient. Bacterial STIs are treated the same visit; an appointment is required.
Sliding-scale clinics commonly carry a floor, a minimum charge that survives even the lowest income bracket. Summit County Public Health in Akron charges nothing: every test, treatment, and vaccination on its menu is provided at no fee, full stop.
For anyone navigating STI care without strong English fluency, Summit County Public Health in Akron provides interpretation services on-site. Meaning the clinical conversation, not just intake paperwork, happens in a language the patient can fully engage with.
Many STI clinics draw the line at the four-infection bacterial panel and a rapid HIV screen. Summit County Public Health in Akron extends its testing to herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Infections that often go untested at clinics with a narrower menu.
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Summa Health in Akron provides HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis C testing at no charge: Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance accepted, with free testing available regardless. Walk-ins welcome; same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs.
The no-fee structure at Summa Health covers not just testing but the full range of services: STI treatment, PrEP, HIV medical management, and hepatitis and HPV vaccination. No service on the menu carries a charge, regardless of what brings someone in.
Prevention prescriptions, PrEP specifically, often require a separate appointment at a different provider, or a referral to an infectious disease practice. Summa Health writes and manages PrEP in-house, and extends that access to uninsured patients at no cost.
Herpes testing and hepatitis C antibody testing sit on the standard panel at Summa Health, two infections that frequently go undetected because they aren't included in a basic four-pathogen screen. That broader coverage means exposure events don't require a separate appointment or a specialized lab order.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
AxessPointe Community Health Centers in Akron runs STI care through the full infrastructure of a community health center: rapid and conventional HIV testing, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis panels, sliding-scale fees, same-visit bacterial treatment, and appointments required; interpretation services are available.
AxessPointe makes interpretation services available across all its care: not limited to check-in logistics but present through testing, results, and counseling. When medication adherence education is part of a visit, that conversation happens in the language the patient uses to understand their own health.
Without on-site PrEP and PEP prescribing, patients face a broken chain: a positive risk assessment at one clinic, a prescription hunt at another, and a gap where prevention stalls. AxessPointe in Akron closes that chain directly, managing both PrEP and PEP, including PrEP for uninsured patients, within its own care.
Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, AxessPointe tests for herpes and all three hepatitis strains (A, B, and C) meaning exposures that a narrower panel would leave unexamined get caught at the same appointment rather than surfacing later through separate testing.
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Equitas Health in Akron runs entirely on a sliding-scale fee structure, with HIV testing free outright, covering the full panel of HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B and C, and TB, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. Appointments are required.
The free HIV test at Equitas Health isn't a loss-leader, it's the shape of how the whole clinic operates. Every service, from the standard panel to PrEP to hepatitis treatment, is covered by the same sliding-scale structure, with no service category carved out at a higher tier.
Many testing-only clinics hand off prevention prescribing to primary care or ID specialists. Equitas Health in Akron writes PrEP and manages PEP directly, keeping both prevention pathways inside the same clinical relationship as your testing and treatment.
Equitas Health prescribes direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C on-site and carries the treatment through to completion, including the viral-load monitoring that confirms clearance. The prescribing clinician and the follow-up care stay under the same roof rather than splitting across specialists.
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio in Akron tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee, with Medicaid and insurance accepted. Appointments are required; same-visit treatment is available for bacterial infections.
Without interpretation support, a language barrier can mean a missed diagnosis, a misunderstood treatment plan, or an untreated infection that compounds. Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio in Akron integrates interpretation services directly into appointments, so the clinical conversation (symptoms, results, next steps) lands with full clarity.
Without a Title X provider, a minor seeking STI care often faces disclosure risks that stop them from seeking care at all. Leaving infections undiagnosed and untreated. Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio in Akron holds Title X designation, which means legally confidential family planning and STI services for minors, with no parental notification required by law.
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio in Akron prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, meaning a patient can leave the appointment with an active prevention strategy rather than waiting on an outside provider to pick up the thread.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
ICHC - Akron earns its federally qualified standing partly by tying what patients pay to what they earn: meaning STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia slides down the cost scale rather than staying fixed, and no appointment is needed to get started.
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Faithful Servants Care Center in Tallmadge runs entirely on a no-fee model, covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid or conventional HIV testing with no cost to anyone who walks through the door. Appointments are required, and same-visit treatment is available for bacterial STIs.
Faithful Servants Care Center carries no billing structure at all, donations are welcome, but nothing is charged for any service. For someone without insurance, between jobs, or simply unwilling to let a copay become the reason they skip care, that standing policy means the full range of testing, treatment, and prevention is available without a financial calculation entering the picture.
Faithful Servants Care Center prescribes and manages PrEP directly, which means the required HIV testing, medication authorization, and follow-up monitoring happen within the clinic rather than across multiple providers. PEP is also available as a prevention option for circumstances that call for it, handled through the same clinical relationship.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · 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
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 4 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Cuyahoga Falls, 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.
Also in the area
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Summit 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.
1900 23rd Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
2851 Gilchrist Road, Akron, OH 44305
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Showing the nearest 2 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Cuyahoga Falls. 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, 2,471 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Cuyahoga Falls. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 880 offer telehealth.
Gary Pinta, MD
Internal medicine · 3239 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls
Cecilia Ellis, DO
OB-GYN · 275 Graham Road, Cuyahoga Falls
Susan Clark-Frantz, MD
OB-GYN · 421 Graham Road, Cuyahoga Falls
Rosanne Dilauro, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 739 Graham Road, Cuyahoga Falls
Dai Kohara, DO
Family medicine · 857 Graham Road, Cuyahoga Falls
Costas Apostolis, MD
OB-GYN · 1900 23rd Street, Cuyahoga Falls
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 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 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.
Giant Eagle Pharmacy 4036
1.4 mi
1.4 mi 
1.6 mi Acme Pharmacy
1.9 miShowing the 4 closest pharmacies to Cuyahoga Falls, OH.
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 Cuyahoga Falls, 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 Summit County, the county that includes Cuyahoga Falls, compare with Ohio and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~31% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#7 of 88 Ohio counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 92% of the state
| Infection | Summit County | Ohio | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 525.8 2,817 cases ▲ 14% | 461.7 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 198.8 1,065 cases ▲ 18% | 168 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 31.4 168 cases ▲ 93% | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 10.3 55 cases ▲ 12% | 9.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 15.1 81 cases ▼ 6% | 16 | 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 Summit County, chlamydia has fallen from 571.6 to 525.8 per 100,000 (8%), gonorrhea has fallen from 350.6 to 198.8 per 100,000 (43%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 11.8 to 31.4 per 100,000 (166%).
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 Summit County.
Local HIV snapshot
Summit County HIV care continuum (2023)
Summit County recorded 7.6 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 8.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Summit County residents living with HIV, 83.1% are in care · 73.4% 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 Summit County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Along State Road, where a lot of younger adults land their first lease, $840 a month doesn't leave much room for anything that feels optional, and a screening visit can feel exactly that way until it doesn't. That cost reality is worth naming, because people in their late teens and twenties account for a substantial share of the city's population, and they're precisely the group for whom STI rates run highest and routine testing tends to slip behind more urgent line items. When a tight monthly budget already stretches across rent, utilities, and groceries, even a modest co-pay or an afternoon off work can tip the decision. The workforce picture adds another layer. With roughly two-thirds of residents employed and most households structured around families rather than single adults, schedules here tend to be packed in ways that don't leave obvious openings.
The 38% of residents who rent, many of them in neighborhoods like West Village or near the Merriman Valley corridor, are disproportionately younger and more mobile, less likely to have an established primary-care relationship to prompt a conversation about testing. That's the practical case for the options listed on this page. Several extend evening or weekend hours, which matters when getting anywhere in Cuyahoga Falls means a drive down State Road or SR 8 rather than a short walk. Finding one that fits both your budget and your commute window is the concrete first step.
Getting there
At 8.32/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Cuyahoga Falls 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 44221 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 44221 area around Cuyahoga Falls: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Cuyahoga Falls alone.
Cuyahoga Falls sits in Summit County, ZIP 44221. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Cuyahoga Falls? 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 Summit County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Ohio 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 Cuyahoga Falls-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 Cuyahoga Falls 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 |
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| 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 Ohio 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 Ohio, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Ohio 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 OhioSource: 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 12 options within a 30-mile drive.
Usually yes, it can be billed to insurance, or paid out of pocket at a flat rate.
Summit County Public Health, about 4.4 mi away, provides free testing.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Summit County reported ~526 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Ohio average.
In Ohio, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
Teen and campus health clinics and public health departments offer youth-friendly, low-cost testing.
No, most STIs have no visible signs, so the only way to know is to test.
Public and community clinics test everyone; several provide LGBTQ-affirming services.
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