The syphilis rate in Beauregard Parish Parish is about 83% lower than the US average. If you're in DeRidder, Louisiana, and need testing after a possible exposure or as part of routine care, consider that community and public clinics are often low-cost or free, while private labs tend to offer faster results and more flexible scheduling. See the list below for options.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for DeRidder, LA. The nearest, Clinical Pathology Labs, is about 0.4 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.
DeRidder Community Health Center, in Deridder, was built for residents caught between providers, working without insurance, or paying out of pocket. Its federally qualified and rural health clinic standing means fees slide with income. STI screening here covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, no appointment needed.
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A public safety-net rural health clinic in DeRidder. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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A community safety-net rural health clinic in DeRidder. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Louisiana Department of Health in Deridder tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid and conventional HIV, hepatitis C, and TB, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs confirmed on the spot, all on a sliding-scale fee with walk-ins welcome, and every service carries no charge.
The clinic operates under a funding structure that absorbs the full cost of testing, treatment, and vaccines (gonorrhea treatment, syphilis treatment, HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccines, mpox vaccine, TB treatment) without billing the patient at any point. The sliding scale reaches its floor at zero for everyone who qualifies.
Non-English speakers are served through interpretation services integrated directly into the visit, not arranged after arrival but coordinated as part of how the clinic schedules and staffs care. That means clinical questions, test explanations, and treatment instructions move through the same appointment without a gap.
Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, the clinic tests for hepatitis C and TB. Two infections with distinct transmission routes and treatment pathways that require their own dedicated diagnostics. TB treatment and hepatitis prevention education are both provided on-site, keeping management within the same clinical team.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center, in Fields, roots STI care inside its broader community health mission: gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and HIV testing paired with treatment and family planning, on a sliding-scale fee with insurance and Medicaid accepted. An appointment is required.
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Listing verified Oct 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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to DeRidder, 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 Beauregard Parish, 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.
600 South Pine Street, Deridder, LA 70634
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near DeRidder. 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, 76 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of DeRidder. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 25 offer telehealth.
Ernesto Kufoy, MD
Internal medicine · 311 South Pine Street, Deridder
Jeffrey Dobbins, MD
Family medicine · 411 South Pine Street, Deridder
Flynn Taylor, MD
Family medicine · 501 South Pine Street, Deridder
Allison Walworth, DO
Internal medicine · 501 South Pine Street, Deridder
James Rudd
OB-GYN · 412 South Pine Street, Deridder
David Jones, MD
OB-GYN · 206 West 5th Street, Deridder
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 DeRidder, LA 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
0.4 miThrifty Way Pharmacy
0.4 mi
0.9 mi 
1.3 mi Showing the 4 closest pharmacies to DeRidder, LA.
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 DeRidder, 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
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
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 Beauregard Parish, the parish that includes DeRidder, compare with Louisiana 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.
#64 of 64 Louisiana counties for chlamydia, among the lowest in the state
| Infection | Beauregard Parish | Louisiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 274.3 101 cases ▼ 65% | 792.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 78.7 29 cases ▼ 73% | 288.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 2.7 1 cases ▼ 90% | 26.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 2.7 1 cases ▼ 86% | 19.6 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 21.7 8 cases ▼ 59% | 52.6 | 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 Beauregard Parish, chlamydia has fallen from 279.1 to 274.3 per 100,000 (2%), gonorrhea has risen from 73.9 to 78.7 per 100,000 (6%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 5.5 to 2.7 per 100,000 (51%).
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 Beauregard Parish.
Local HIV snapshot
Beauregard Parish HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Beauregard Parish residents living with HIV, 77.8% are in care · 64.4% 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 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 Beauregard Parish tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
West 1st Street rolls through the center of DeRidder without a sidewalk worth trusting, and the nearest clinic from most addresses here means a car ride. Short in miles, but still a trip you have to plan around. That planning matters most for younger adults in their late teens and twenties, who account for a disproportionate share of new STI diagnoses and who are well-represented in a city where households run large and a notable share of residents rent rather than own. Month-to-month renters at DeRidder's typical rent leave less slack in a budget for anything that feels optional, and without a copay safety net, a fee-based visit can go unscheduled indefinitely.
Add an unemployment rate that means some residents are juggling irregular income alongside those who are working full-time on shifts that don't end at five, and routine screening can stay perpetually in the "later" column. The clinics listed on this page are the practical answer to that: varied hours, varied fee structures, spread across a community where getting to South Pine Street or back through Shirley Street is still easier than navigating a larger city's transit maze. Knowing the options, specifically which clinic is closest and what it charges, is often the whole gap between an annual test and a years-long skip.
Getting there
At 6.04/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in DeRidder 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 70634 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 70634 area around DeRidder: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not DeRidder alone.
DeRidder sits in Beauregard Parish, ZIP 70634. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside DeRidder? 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 Beauregard Parish: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Louisiana 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 DeRidder-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 DeRidder 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Louisiana 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 LouisianaSource: 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.
The closest is Clinical Pathology Labs (0.4 mi); 6 options are within 30 miles.
Most plans cover STD screening; a clinic or lab can bill insurance, or you can pay a flat self-pay price.
Yes, Louisiana Department of Health (1.2 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 274 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Louisiana average.
In Louisiana, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
A retest around 3 months after treatment is recommended for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
It's curable with antibiotics; catching it early avoids serious complications.
Screening checks when you have no symptoms; diagnostic testing confirms a cause when you do. The lab tests are often the same.
HPV and hepatitis B vaccines prevent those infections, ask a provider if you're due.
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