Colquitt County's reported syphilis cases run about 32% lower than the US average. If you live in Doerun, Georgia, and want to test for STIs whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, consider the pros and cons of public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Doerun, GA. The nearest, Georgia Department of Public Health, is about 12.3 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.
Georgia Department of Public Health in Moultrie runs on scheduled appointments, and a single visit covers rapid HIV testing, the full bacterial STI panel, hepatitis A, B, and C testing, TB screening, STI treatment, and HPV and hepatitis vaccines. All at no fee.
The Georgia Department of Public Health in Moultrie structures its funding so that no charge is generated at the point of service, not through a waiver process or means-test at the front desk, but because the department absorbs cost across the board for every service it provides.
Staff at the Moultrie clinic provide care in Spanish, which means clinical conversations (symptom history, treatment instructions, follow-up plans) happen without mediation, keeping accuracy intact where it counts most.
Rather than stopping at gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, the clinic runs hepatitis A, B, and C serology through the same appointment: ordered, drawn, and processed as part of routine intake, not as a separate referral pathway.
Languages
English, Spanish
Tests offered
Serves
Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
CareConnect Urgent Care in Moultrie welcomes walk-ins for STI screening without an appointment. Federal qualification drives its sliding-scale fee structure, so cost adjusts to income for every patient. A single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing in one stop.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 14 miles from Doerun. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
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 12 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Doerun, 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 Colquitt 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.
3131 South Main Street, Moultrie, GA 31768
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
115 31st Avenue Southeast, Moultrie, GA 31768
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Doerun. 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, 206 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Doerun. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 25 offer telehealth.
Betty Koukis, MD
OB-GYN · 1405 South Main Street, Moultrie
Gary Swartzentruber, MD
Family medicine · 440 Paul Murphy Road, Moultrie
Shivan Patel, MD
Family medicine · 807 South Isabella Street, Sylvester
James Hunt, DO Telehealth
Internal medicine · 4 Live Oak Court, Moultrie
Melissa Cardwell, DO
Family medicine · 1 Magnolia Court, Moultrie
Emerson Harrison, MD
Urology · 16 Live Oak Court, Moultrie
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 Doerun, GA 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.
Apothecary
0.2 miHarveys Supermarket Pharmacy
12 miArwood Drug Company
12 miConvenient Care Pharmacy
13 miCrystal Pharmacy
13 mi
13 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to Doerun, GA.
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 Doerun, 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 Colquitt County, the county that includes Doerun, compare with Georgia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~25% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#116 of 159 Georgia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 27% of the state
| Infection | Colquitt County | Georgia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 372.6 172 cases ▼ 42% | 646.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 151.6 70 cases ▼ 45% | 274.8 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 10.8 5 cases ▼ 46% | 20 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 2.2 1 cases ▼ 88% | 18.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 15.2 7 cases ▼ 58% | 35.8 | 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 Colquitt County, chlamydia has fallen from 381.3 to 372.6 per 100,000 (2%), gonorrhea has risen from 85 to 151.6 per 100,000 (78%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 4.4 to 10.8 per 100,000 (145%).
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 Colquitt County.
Local HIV snapshot
Colquitt County HIV care continuum (2023)
Colquitt County recorded 13.2 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 25.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Colquitt County residents living with HIV, 79.9% are in care · 71.2% 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 Colquitt County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
GA 133 stretches out of Doerun in both directions, and reaching any of options listed on this page means committing to a real drive. That's worth naming plainly, because a test that requires scheduling around one vehicle, one work shift, or one borrowed afternoon looks very different from one that's simply nearby. Nearly half of Doerun's households rent, and at a monthly rent that leaves little slack, out-of-pocket costs can quietly determine whether a screening happens this month or gets postponed again.
With fewer than half of residents currently in the labor force, schedules vary widely (some people have flexibility mid-week, others are working every available hour) so the clinics listed here range in hours and fees in ways that actually matter depending on where someone sits in that picture. Doerun households run larger than the national average, and just under a third of adults are married: meaning most households hold a mix of life stages, from people in their late teens and twenties still sorting out relationships to longer-term partners who benefit from routine screening all the same. Testing fits into that range of lives without drama; it's just one of the practical things people on West Broad Avenue or anywhere else in this town take care of when the calendar opens up.
Getting there
At 3.33/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Doerun 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 31744 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 31744 area around Doerun: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Doerun alone.
Doerun sits in Colquitt County, ZIP 31744. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Major routes
Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Doerun? 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 Colquitt County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Georgia 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 Doerun-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 Doerun 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 Georgia 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 Georgia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Georgia 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 GeorgiaSource: 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 Georgia Department of Public Health (12.3 mi); 6 options are within 30 miles.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
Public clinics nearby offer free HIV testing.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 373 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Georgia average.
In Georgia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Just note your exposure dates and symptoms; for urine tests, hold off urinating ~1 hour before.
Expedited partner therapy lets a provider treat a partner without an exam, where state law allows.
Yes, the CDC recommends STI screening early in pregnancy, since untreated infections can affect the baby.
A clinic offers same-day answers and on-site treatment; an at-home kit trades that for privacy and convenience, both use real lab testing.
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