Reported syphilis in Lancaster County runs about 73% lower than the US average. Whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, you'll find local clinics and private labs for STI testing in Denver, Pennsylvania. 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
9 testing options are listed for Denver, PA. The nearest, The Living Room, is about 3.8 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.
The Living Room in Ephrata welcomes patients without an appointment, letting a single walk-in visit cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening under one federal health center framework. Fees follow a sliding scale tied to income, so cost adjusts to what each patient can realistically pay.
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Fees & payment
Keystone Agricultural Worker Program - Berks Co. serving Reading, earned its federal health center designation by meeting strict community-access standards. Including income-based sliding-scale fees so cost doesn't block care. STI screening here covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with no appointment required.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Berks Community Health Center at Oakbrook in Reading meets patients where they are (whether uninsured, between providers, or paying out of pocket) through federally qualified status that anchors sliding-scale fees to income. Walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening without an appointment.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Tower Health in West Reading runs by appointment, so every visit is structured around your time: covering the full panel of HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, sliding-scale fees, and PrEP available.
HIV testing, STI screening, and hepatitis C testing are all free at Tower Health, which means the cost question is answered before you walk in, and nothing about your care gets delayed by what you can or can't pay that day.
Tower Health provides care directly in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, and Haitian Creole, along with Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, so the conversation about your health happens in the language you actually use to make decisions.
Many clinics hand off HIV care once a diagnosis is confirmed, leaving patients to piece together ongoing treatment elsewhere. Tower Health's Ryan White funding keeps you in the same system, from initial rapid or conventional testing through HIV/AIDS medical treatment and medication adherence support.
Languages
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 Jun 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Novus Medical Services in Reading tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis C, with rapid and conventional HIV options, on a sliding-scale basis with walk-ins welcome, same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs, and every service provided at no fee.
Novus accepts Medicaid and insurance, and carries dedicated funding for uninsured patients seeking PrEP. Meaning no-fee care is covered by a payment architecture, not a discretionary waiver. Testing, treatment, PrEP, PEP, DoxyPEP, and hepatitis C treatment are all drawn from the same structure.
Spanish functions as a primary care language at Novus, not a supplemental accommodation. Medical appointments, counseling, medication adherence education, and HIV treatment follow-up are conducted directly in Spanish, which shapes how dosing instructions, adherence schedules, and prevention protocols actually reach the patient.
Novus holds the prescribing and monitoring capacity for PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP in-house. The right fit for someone without an established primary care relationship or who needs prevention medication covered without out-of-pocket cost. Uninsured patients can access PrEP specifically through clinic funding, with no separate enrollment step required.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jan 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 Denver, 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 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 Lancaster 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.
2100 Harrisburg Pike, Suite 200, Lancaster, PA 17601
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
2106 Harrisburg Pike Suite 314, Lancaster, PA 17604
CMS-certified lab
150 Farmington Lane, Suite 4, Lancaster, PA 17601
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Denver. 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, 1,065 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Denver. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 371 offer telehealth.
James Groff, DO
Internal medicine · 73 West Church Street, Stevens
Cristopher Posadas, MD
Family medicine · 446 North Reading Road, Ephrata
Jeffrey Newswanger, DO
Family medicine · 446 North Reading Road, Ephrata
Shaimaa El Shaarawy, MD
Internal medicine · 446 North Reading Road, Ephrata
Kristine Leaman, MD
OB-GYN · 30 West Swartzville Road, Reinholds
Julianne Rees-Swartz, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 30 West Swartzville Road, Reinholds
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 Denver, PA 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.
Anderson Pharmacy
0.2 miRosarioski
0.2 mi
3.1 mi Weis Pharmacy
3.5 miShowing the 4 closest pharmacies to Denver, PA.
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 Denver, 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
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
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
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 Lancaster County, the county that includes Denver, compare with Pennsylvania and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~26% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#33 of 67 Pennsylvania counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 51% of the state
| Infection | Lancaster County | Pennsylvania | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 226.5 1,265 cases ▼ 46% | 421.2 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 59.4 332 cases ▼ 59% | 144.7 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 4.3 24 cases ▼ 53% | 9.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 6.1 34 cases ▼ 41% | 10.3 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 5.7 32 cases ▼ 50% | 11.4 | 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 Lancaster County, chlamydia has fallen from 255.3 to 226.5 per 100,000 (11%), gonorrhea has fallen from 70.3 to 59.4 per 100,000 (16%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 7.8 to 4.3 per 100,000 (45%).
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 Lancaster County.
Local HIV snapshot
Lancaster County HIV care continuum (2023)
Lancaster County recorded 5.6 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 8.3 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Lancaster County residents living with HIV, 82.3% are in care · 75.4% 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 Lancaster County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
The rhythm of Denver turns on work and property: families who've built their lives here tend to stay, maintaining homes in Lincoln Gardens and Wyndale across seasons that demand attention. That stability carries a quiet expectation: health matters get handled locally, without fanfare. Testing for STIs fits that same practical mindset. Young adults moving through their twenties and thirties, whether new to the area or rooted here, often discover that a straightforward screening conversation with a provider they trust matters more than distance or clinic size. Confidentiality in a town where many people know one another isn't automatic, it's something you confirm directly with the clinic you choose.
The providers and testing sites listed on this page understand this particular texture of community life. A conversation ahead of time about what happens to your results, how the clinic handles records, and whether you'll see someone you might run into at the grocery store can settle the practical questions that loom larger in smaller places. Testing itself is unremarkable once you've made the appointment: straightforward, quick, and designed to catch things early when outcomes matter most. Whether you're settling in, moving through a life transition, or simply staying on top of routine health, the clinics available in and around Denver are equipped to handle screening with the same matter-of-fact professionalism they bring to every other health service.
Getting there
At 6.67/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Denver 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 17517 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 17517 area around Denver: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Denver alone.
Denver sits in Lancaster County, ZIP 17517. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Neighborhoods & communities
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Denver? 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 Lancaster County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Pennsylvania 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 Denver-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 Denver 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Pennsylvania 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 PennsylvaniaSource: 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.
Possibly, Ephrata, PA is close; compare it by distance against The Living Room.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing, and public clinics test for free regardless of coverage.
Yes, Tower Health (12 mi) offers free testing, and public clinics serve the uninsured.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 227 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Pennsylvania average.
In Pennsylvania, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
Community health centers and family-planning clinics serve all patients, and many offer LGBTQ-affirming care, ask the site directly.
That's a myth; STIs need sexual contact to spread, not surfaces.
Public health clinics, family-planning clinics, and many school or campus health centers test teens and young adults, often free.
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