Reported chlamydia in Providence County runs about 30% higher than the US average. Whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening, you'll find local clinics and private labs for STI testing in East Providence, Rhode Island. 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
11 testing options are listed for East Providence, RI. The nearest, East Side Clinical Laboratories, 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.
East Bay Family Health Care in East Providence earned its federally qualified designation by tying fees to patient income, no one is turned away for cost. Walk-in STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with charges scaled to what you actually earn.
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Adams-Farley Counseling Center in Riverside meets patients where they are (uninsured, between providers, or paying cash) through its federally qualified standing, which ties fees to income. Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening is available on a sliding scale, no appointment needed.
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East Bay Community Action Program in East Providence accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance, with sliding-scale fees extending to everyone regardless of coverage. Appointments are required for testing across the standard bacterial and viral panel (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C) with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections.
The testing protocol at East Bay Community Action Program includes hepatitis B surface antigen screening and hepatitis C antibody detection alongside the core bacterial STI panel: ordered, drawn, and resulted through the same clinical staff managing your other tests. Hepatitis B vaccination is also administered on-site, and hepatitis C infection is managed directly through the program.
Plenty of STI clinics test for HIV but leave prevention medication to outside prescribers. East Bay Community Action Program maintains PrEP as an active clinical service: meaning the prescribing, follow-up labs, and ongoing monitoring happen within the same program, not across multiple providers.
Because East Bay Community Action Program is a federally designated Title X site, its family planning services for minors carry statutory confidentiality protections. Not a clinic policy, but a federal legal requirement built into the program's funding structure. That means contraception counseling and related care are handled with confidentiality enforced at the program level.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
A safety-net federally qualified health center · Title X family-planning grantee about 2 miles from East Providence. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Providence Community Health Centers operates on a sliding scale and accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance, running a panel that covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and herpes. With same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. Appointments are required. Care is available in Portuguese.
For patients whose primary language is Portuguese, navigating a clinic through halting English means details get lost at exactly the moments they matter. Providence Community Health Centers delivers STI care directly in Portuguese (testing, counseling, treatment conversations) so nothing is filtered or abbreviated.
Young people without a regular provider, or who need care their parents won't see on an insurance statement, have a specific legal shelter here. As a Title X clinic, Providence Community Health Centers offers confidential family planning services for minors, with the sliding-scale fee structure making cost a smaller obstacle than it might be elsewhere.
Anyone who wants a genuinely complete picture, not just the four infections most clinics default to, can get herpes testing here alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. That's the clinic for someone paying out of pocket who doesn't want to piece together testing from multiple sources.
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English, Portuguese
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Lifespan Health System in Providence accepts Medicaid and most insurance, with fees applying to services; the full panel covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C, plus TB: appointments required, and bacterial infections treated the same visit.
For Deaf patients, the difference between an interpreter patched in and a provider fluent in American Sign Language is the difference between a mediated conversation and a direct one. Lifespan Health System in Providence offers ASL as a standing capability, alongside interpretation services for non-English languages, so the clinical conversation happens in the language a person actually uses to reason through their health.
PrEP at Lifespan Health System means ongoing prescription management: the clinic handles the baseline labs, the every-three-month HIV and kidney-function monitoring, and the prescription renewals that keep the regimen continuous. PEP is similarly managed on-site, with the full medication course and the follow-up testing built into the care rather than left to the patient to coordinate elsewhere.
Many clinics will run a hepatitis C antibody test and then hand the next step to a specialist somewhere else entirely. Lifespan Health System in Providence treats hepatitis C on-site (the direct-acting antivirals, the monitoring, the cure) so the path from confirmed diagnosis to cleared infection doesn't require a separate referral chain.
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American Sign Language, English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
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Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England in Providence tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, treating bacterial infections the same visit on a sliding-scale fee; appointments are required, and Spanish-language care is available on-site.
Staff at this Providence clinic provide care directly in Spanish, which means a patient's concerns, symptoms, and questions land in their primary language during the actual clinical encounter, not filtered through a separate channel, so nothing gets lost between what's said and what gets treated.
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England operates under Title X, which legally guarantees confidential family planning and STI services for minors; that protection means a young person can seek testing, treatment, or prevention care without parental disclosure triggering as a condition of the visit.
Tracking down PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP through separate providers means delays, repeated intake processes, and coverage gaps that leave exposure windows open; at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, all three are prescribed directly, so prevention stays continuous rather than contingent on the next available appointment elsewhere.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Listing verified Jun 2026 · 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 East Providence, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 Providence 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.
10 Risho Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
1275 Wampanoag Trail, Suite 6, East Providence, RI 02915
CMS-certified lab
375 Wampanoag Trail Suite 401, East Providence, RI 02915
CMS-certified lab
1525 Wampanoag Trail, Riverside, RI 02915
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near East Providence. 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, 1,708 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of East Providence. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 661 offer telehealth.
Manoj Garg, DO
Family medicine · 900 Warren Avenue, East Providence
Myra Chaudary, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 900 Warren Avenue, East Providence
Nwamaka Onwugbenu, MD
OB-GYN · 900 Warren Avenue, East Providence
Leah Battista, MD
OB-GYN · 900 Warren Avenue, East Providence
Howard Perrone, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 950 Warren Avenue, East Providence
Nishant Shah, MD
Internal medicine · 950 Warren Avenue, East Providence
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 East Providence, RI 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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1.2 miShowing the 4 closest pharmacies to East Providence, RI.
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 East Providence, 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
$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
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 Providence County, the county that includes East Providence, compare with Rhode Island and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~24% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#1 of 5 Rhode Island counties for chlamydia, among the very highest in the state
| Infection | Providence County | Rhode Island | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 639.1 4,222 cases ▲ 33% | 480.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 213.6 1,411 cases ▲ 40% | 152.6 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 11.2 74 cases ▲ 37% | 8.2 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 12.7 84 cases ▲ 40% | 9.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 33 218 cases ▲ 39% | 23.7 | 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 Providence County, chlamydia has risen from 509.9 to 639.1 per 100,000 (25%), gonorrhea has risen from 172.2 to 213.6 per 100,000 (24%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 11 to 11.2 per 100,000 (2%).
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 Providence County.
Local HIV snapshot
Providence County HIV care continuum (2023)
Providence County recorded 10.1 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 6.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Providence County residents living with HIV, 46.7% are in care · 39.9% 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 Providence County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Leonard Corner sits close enough to Pawtucket Avenue that many residents can tick off a work shift, a grocery run, and a school pickup before dinner, and that compressed daily rhythm shapes how people here actually get around to health appointments. With nearly two-thirds of adults in the labor force and unemployment low, the barrier is rarely motivation; it is time, and the way a single mid-week commitment can crowd out everything else. That reality matters most for the young adults in their late teens and twenties who make up a substantial share of East Providence's population, since chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis move fastest through exactly those years of life.
The city's ownership-heavy housing profile, where roughly three in five households own their home, suggests a degree of residential stability, yet moderate rents and a household size that runs above three people mean many budgets leave little room for anything that feels optional, including a clinic visit. A six-figure household income is the exception rather than the rule here, and cost-transparent options matter.
Getting there
East Providence scores 13.08/20 on the EPA walkability index, so many trips are walkable or a short ride, though a car still gives you the widest choice of testing centers.
Source: EPA National Walkability Index 2021.
ZIP 02914 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 02914 area around East Providence: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not East Providence alone.
East Providence sits in Providence County, ZIP 02914. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside East Providence? 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 Providence County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Rhode Island 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 an East Providence-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 East Providence 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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Rhode Island 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 Rhode IslandSource: 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 11 options within a 30-mile drive.
Free at public clinics. Private labs run about $24 for one test and $139 for a full panel; at-home kits are $49+.
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.
Providence County reported ~639 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Rhode Island average.
In Rhode Island, 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.
Your results are part of your HIPAA-protected medical record; you can ask any clinic about its own privacy practices.
A positive means treatment is the next step; many STIs are cured with antibiotics, and all are treatable.
Yes, a syphilis sore can heal while the infection stays and silently progresses, so a blood test is the only way to be sure.
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