Gonorrhea in Rhea County last year was reported at about 70% below the national average. Whether you're in Dayton, Tennessee and have symptoms or just want peace of mind, weigh visiting a clinic for immediate answers and treatment against the convenience of using an at-home kit. See your options below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Dayton, TN. The nearest, Fast Pace - Dayton, is about 2.6 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.
Rhea County Primary Care Center in Dayton earned its federal qualification by tying fees to income, no one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-in STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with costs scaled to what each patient actually earns.
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Tennessee Department of Health in Evensville grounds STI care in a public health infrastructure built around population-level follow-up, partner notification is standard practice here, not an afterthought. The clinic tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, treats bacterial infections the same visit, offers HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccines, and accepts insurance alongside a sliding-scale fee. Appointments required.
Without Spanish-language care at the point of diagnosis, a patient navigating treatment instructions in a second language faces real risk of incomplete or delayed treatment. An infection that lingers while paperwork catches up. Tennessee Department of Health in Evensville delivers STI counseling, education, and care directly in Spanish, keeping treatment on track from the first conversation.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department in Birchwood runs STI visits by appointment, covering HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis C testing alongside treatment for bacterial infections. All on a sliding-scale fee with insurance and Medicaid accepted, with care available in Spanish.
Plenty of STI clinics hand off hepatitis testing entirely, leaving patients to chase down a separate appointment at a separate facility. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department tests for hepatitis C on-site alongside the standard bacterial and HIV panel, so a single visit captures the full picture.
When a language barrier falls between a patient and their provider, the cost shows up later: in instructions misunderstood, follow-up skipped, or treatment delayed. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department delivers STI care directly in Spanish, keeping every step of diagnosis and treatment intact from the first appointment forward.
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Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Ocoee Regional Health in Decatur tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV, treating bacterial infections in the same visit when results warrant it. Fees run on a sliding scale, and appointments are required.
Herpes rarely appears on a standard clinic's testing menu: the four-infection panel is the default, and herpes gets left off. Ocoee Regional Health includes herpes testing alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, so the picture you leave with is measurably more complete.
When a diagnosis or treatment decision has to pass through translation, something gets lost. A detail, a question, a follow-through. At Ocoee Regional Health, care is delivered directly in Hindi, so nothing about your testing, results, or treatment plan depends on approximation.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Bledsoe County Primary Care CTR. in Pikeville welcomes walk-in patients for STI screening without an appointment. Federally qualified status anchors its sliding-scale fees, calibrated to income, making syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing available to anyone who walks through the door.
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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 3 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Dayton, 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 range: couples & full panels
$79 & 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 Rhea 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.
9400 Rhea County Highway, Dayton, TN 37321
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Showing the nearest 1 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Dayton. 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, 109 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Dayton. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 19 offer telehealth.
Hak Seo
Internal medicine · 118 16th Avenue, Dayton
Christopher Horton, MD
Family medicine · 7693 Rhea County Highway, Dayton
Lee Logan, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 8845 Rhea County Highway, Dayton
John Yager, MD
Family medicine · 9400 Rhea County Highway, Dayton
Manvesh Sinha, MD
Internal medicine · 305 River Road, Decatur
Rodney Roberts, MD
Family medicine · 398 North Main Street, Decatur
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 Dayton, 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.
Food City Pharmacy
0.9 miDayton Drug and Wellness
1.2 miGenoa Healthcare
1.2 miStans Pharmacy
1.7 mi
1.9 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Dayton, 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 Dayton, 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 $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
$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
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 Rhea County, the county that includes Dayton, compare with Tennessee 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.
#26 of 95 Tennessee counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 73% of the state
| Infection | Rhea County | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 359.6 122 cases ▼ 30% | 517.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 53.1 18 cases ▼ 72% | 186.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 29.5 10 cases ▲ 99% | 14.8 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 2.9 1 cases ▼ 75% | 11.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 8.8 3 cases ▼ 67% | 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 Rhea County, chlamydia has risen from 264.7 to 359.6 per 100,000 (36%), gonorrhea has fallen from 70 to 53.1 per 100,000 (24%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 6.1 to 29.5 per 100,000 (384%).
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 Rhea County.
Local HIV snapshot
Rhea County HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Rhea County residents living with HIV, 89.7% are in care · 53.8% 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 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 Rhea County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Data & references
Local context
Dayton's population sits almost evenly between owners and renters, a split that, in a small Tennessee town where home values run well below state norms, reflects real financial pressure on a significant share of households. That pressure lands hardest on renters who are often younger, more mobile, and precisely the people in their late teens and twenties for whom regular screening is most consequential. When $678 a month in rent accounts for a large slice of take-home pay, an appointment that costs time and money can quietly become an appointment that never gets scheduled. The labor picture sharpens that point.
With more than four in ten working-age residents outside the labor force entirely, and unemployment running notably high, a weekday clinic slot on SR 30 or Washington Street isn't always a simple errand. It's a calculation against lost hours or stretched transportation. Average households here are larger than national norms, which often means childcare, shared vehicles, and competing demands that make convenience less optional than it sounds. Finding a location that fits the direction you're already driving, rather than a dedicated cross-town trip, is often what determines whether screening happens before next season's Rhea County Courthouse festival or six months after.
Getting there
At 6.11/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Dayton 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 37321 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 37321 area around Dayton: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Dayton alone.
Dayton sits in Rhea County, ZIP 37321. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Dayton? 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 Rhea 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 Dayton-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 Dayton 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.
Yes, several local labs offer same-day walk-in testing; best to call first.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it, and public clinics are free either way.
Yes, free HIV testing is available at public clinics in the area.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Rhea County reported ~360 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Tennessee average.
In Tennessee, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
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.
Teen and campus health clinics and public health departments offer youth-friendly, low-cost testing.
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