New HIV diagnoses in Delaware County run about 74% lower than the US average. Before starting a new relationship or as part of ongoing care, you'll find local clinics and private labs for STI testing in Delaware County, Ohio. Community and public clinics are often low-cost or free, while private labs tend to offer faster results and more flexible scheduling — see your options below.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for Delaware, OH. The nearest, Labcorp at Walgreens, is about 0.3 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.
Graces Clinics of in takes walk-in visits with no appointment required, covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing alongside STI treatment, HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccines, and condom distribution. All on a sliding scale, with donations accepted in place of fees.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Optum in Delaware tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis A, B, and C. With same-visit treatment for bacterial infections when you need it. Appointments are required, and fees run on a sliding scale with Medicaid and insurance accepted.
PrEP at Optum means a provider writes the prescription, tracks lab work, and schedules the follow-up visits that keep the regimen current: daily oral PrEP requires regular HIV and kidney-function monitoring, and that cycle runs entirely within the clinic rather than split across separate offices.
Anyone managing care without a regular primary-care provider, or paying out of pocket, benefits from Optum's standing capacity to test for hepatitis A, B, and C alongside the core bacterial and HIV panel, consolidating labs that would otherwise require a separate appointment elsewhere.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Southeast Healthcare in Delaware requires an appointment, so scheduling before you arrive is the move, but that single visit covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis C testing, same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, and prevention tools including PrEP and DoxyPEP, on a sliding-scale fee.
Many clinics prescribe either PrEP or PEP but stop there, leaving DoxyPEP, the post-exposure antibiotic regimen targeting bacterial STIs, as something patients have to chase elsewhere. Southeast Healthcare carries all three, meaning the full prevention toolkit is prescribable from a single provider in Delaware.
A positive hepatitis C antibody result at Southeast Healthcare doesn't end at the lab, on-site treatment means the same clinical team that identifies the infection manages its cure, eliminating the hand-off gap that typically separates diagnosis from antiviral therapy.
Southeast Healthcare carries active interpretation services for non-English languages, meaning clinical conversations (exposure history, medication instructions, prevention counseling) are conducted through a qualified interpreter rather than compressed into whatever English a patient can manage under pressure.
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Listing verified Nov 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Equitas Health Columbus Administration Office, in Columbus, earned its federally qualified designation 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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Heart of Ohio Family Health in Westerville tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB: with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections on a sliding-scale fee that applies to everyone, by appointment, with direct care available in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, and Haitian Creole.
Heart of Ohio Family Health conducts care directly in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese: a standing clinical capacity that serves anyone whose primary language isn't English, whether navigating a new diagnosis, discussing PrEP, or working through a treatment plan.
Heart of Ohio Family Health prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, which means prevention doesn't require a separate specialist visit. The conversation and the prescription happen in the same appointment.
Plenty of clinics can confirm a hepatitis C infection and stop there; Heart of Ohio Family Health carries treatment through to completion on-site, so a positive result doesn't send you elsewhere to find a specialist willing to manage your care.
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American Sign Language, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Mount Carmel in Westerville screens for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee accepted by Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance. Bacterial infections are treated the same visit, and appointments are required.
Spanish-language care is available directly at Mount Carmel, which means test results, treatment decisions, and prevention conversations happen without a translation gap. Keeping the clinical relationship intact from screening through follow-up.
Many clinics prescribe PrEP and stop there. Mount Carmel carries both PrEP and PEP, so HIV prevention isn't limited to a single window of eligibility. The clinic can meet patients at different points in their exposure timeline.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Lower Lights Health Northland, Columbus, welcomes walk-ins for STI screening without an appointment. Federally qualified status anchors a sliding-scale fee structure tied to income, so cost adjusts to what patients actually earn. A single visit covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing.
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Lower Lights Health, a community health center in Westerville, brings the depth of primary care to STI services: rapid and conventional HIV testing, the full bacterial panel, hepatitis A, B, and C testing, herpes, syphilis, and TB, all on a sliding-scale fee with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections; appointments required; Spanish-speaking care available.
Lower Lights Health staffs Spanish-language capacity directly into its clinical team, so testing, diagnosis, treatment counseling, and medication adherence education all move in Spanish without handoffs. A patient managing an STI or a chronic infection like hepatitis B isn't translated at the edges, the clinical relationship itself operates in the language.
When PrEP or PEP goes unprescribed at a testing visit, the gap between exposure and protection widens. Sometimes permanently. Lower Lights Health closes that gap by prescribing and managing both on-site, so prevention doesn't stall while a patient tracks down a separate provider willing to prescribe.
Lower Lights Health treats hepatitis C on-site rather than stopping at diagnosis, which means a confirmed infection moves directly into a treatment plan without the lag of a separate specialist referral. For a condition where delayed treatment accelerates liver damage, that continuity is the practical difference between care and a pending appointment.
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · 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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Delaware, 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 Delaware 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.
7853 Pacer Drive, Delaware, OH 43015
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
801 Ohiohealth Boulevard, Delaware, OH 43015
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
7853 Pacer Drive, Delaware, OH 43015
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
870 Sunbury Road, Delaware, OH 43015
CMS-certified lab
Showing the nearest 4 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Delaware. 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, 1,591 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Delaware. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 495 offer telehealth.
Peter Hucek, MD
Family medicine · 26 North Union Street, Delaware
Mark Hickman, MD
Family medicine · 90 East William Street, Delaware
Nowell York, MD
Family medicine · 1710 Columbus Pike, Delaware
Gerald French, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 454 West Central Avenue, Delaware
Benjamin Winfree, MD
OB-GYN · 460 West Central Avenue, Delaware
Gregory Knudson, MD Telehealth
Urology · 551 West Central Avenue, Delaware
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 Delaware, 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.
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1.4 mi Showing the 4 closest pharmacies to Delaware, 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 Delaware, 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.
$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 $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
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 Delaware County, the county that includes Delaware, compare with Ohio and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~28% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#60 of 88 Ohio counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 32% of the state
| Infection | Delaware County | Ohio | United States |
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| Chlamydia | 207.2 480 cases ▼ 55% | 461.7 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 45.8 106 cases ▼ 73% | 168 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 8.6 20 cases ▼ 47% | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 2.6 6 cases ▼ 72% | 9.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 4.3 10 cases ▼ 73% | 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 Delaware County, chlamydia has risen from 202.7 to 207.2 per 100,000 (2%), gonorrhea has risen from 43.4 to 45.8 per 100,000 (6%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 6.1 to 8.6 per 100,000 (41%).
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 Delaware County.
Local HIV snapshot
Delaware County HIV care continuum (2023)
Delaware County recorded 3.6 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 8.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Delaware County residents living with HIV, 85.5% are in care · 77.7% 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.
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 Delaware County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Rent just under a thousand dollars a month leaves little cushion for anything that feels optional, and for Delaware renters, nearly four in ten households, a clinic visit can easily get weighed against a utility bill or a grocery run. That cost calculus is especially real for people in their late teens and twenties, who cycle through new relationships, share housing in spots like Delaware Meadows or Lexington Glen, and often lack the financial padding that makes a same-week appointment feel automatic. The household picture here is worth understanding, too. Average households run larger than the national norm, and nearly half of adults are married.
Meaning sexual health decisions often affect more than one person and can feel higher-stakes to raise. That dynamic can quietly delay a visit that would have been straightforward in a different living situation. Testing options are listed on this page, several of them offering sliding-scale or low-cost appointments that don't compound the rent pressure. Knowing that a stop near the Strand Theatre corridor or off West William Street is genuinely affordable changes what "I'll do it this week" actually means here.
Getting there
At 7.44/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Delaware 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 43015 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 43015 area around Delaware: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Delaware alone.
Delaware sits in Delaware County, ZIP 43015. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Delaware? 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 Delaware 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 Delaware-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 Delaware 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 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.
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.
Delaware County reported ~207 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Ohio average.
At-home kits mail to 43015: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
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.
Chlamydia is checked with a simple urine sample or a swab; lab results usually come back in a day or two.
Yes, site matters; oral/anal exposure needs a throat or rectal swab, which urine testing won't catch.
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