Syphilis cases in Douglas County run about 27% higher than the US average. If you've had a recent risk or test regularly in East Wenatchee, Washington, you may choose between community clinics, which are often low-cost, and private labs, which offer faster results. The options listed below can help you decide.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for East Wenatchee, WA. The nearest, CVCH East Wenatchee Express Care, is about 0.1 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.
CVCH East Wenatchee Express Care, in East Wenatchee, structures its fees on a sliding scale tied to income. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening that covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia through its federally qualified health center status.
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A public STD-testing location in East Wenatchee, run as a Federally Qualified Health Center with sliding-scale fees.
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
CVCH Behavioral Health East Wenatchee, in East Wenatchee, meets patients where they are: whether uninsured, paying cash, or simply between providers. Federal qualification means fees follow a sliding scale tied to income, keeping syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening within reach for anyone who walks in.
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A public safety-net rural health clinic in East Wenatchee. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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CVCH Hope Health in Wenatchee welcomes walk-ins for STI screening without an appointment. Federally qualified status anchors its sliding-scale fee structure, so cost adjusts to income. A single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing for anyone who walks through the door.
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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 Wenatchee, 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.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 113 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of East Wenatchee. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 21 offer telehealth.
Sara Norris, DO
Family medicine · 900 Eastmont Avenue, East Wenatchee
Monina Daguio, MD
Family medicine · 201 Valley Mall Parkway, East Wenatchee
Mark Johnson, MD Telehealth
Infectious disease · 100 Highline Drive, E Wenatchee
Robert Babuji, MD
Internal medicine · 600 Orondo Avenue, Wenatchee
Lutfiyah Haji, DO
Internal medicine · 600 Orondo Avenue, Wenatchee
Anton Grasch, MD
Family medicine · 933 Red Apple Road, Wenatchee
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 Wenatchee, WA 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.
Columbia Valley Community Health East Wenatchee Pharmacy
0.1 miWashington Valley Pharmacy
0.5 miWenatchee Valley Pharmacy
0.5 miEastmont Pharmacy
0.5 miThe Markets
0.7 mi
0.8 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to East Wenatchee, WA.
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 Wenatchee, 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
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
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 Douglas County, the county that includes East Wenatchee, compare with Washington 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.
#12 of 39 Washington counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 69% of the state
| Infection | Douglas County | Washington | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 354.9 159 cases ≈ the state average | 354.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 44.6 20 cases ▼ 66% | 129.6 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 20.1 9 cases ▼ 6% | 21.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 4.5 2 cases ▼ 64% | 12.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 8.9 4 cases ▼ 61% | 22.9 | 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 Douglas County, chlamydia has risen from 354 to 354.9 per 100,000 (0%), gonorrhea has fallen from 53.6 to 44.6 per 100,000 (17%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 2.3 to 20.1 per 100,000 (774%).
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 Douglas County.
Local HIV snapshot
Douglas County HIV care continuum (2022)
Douglas County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 6.3 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Douglas County residents living with HIV, 82.6% are in care · 73.9% 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 Douglas County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
South Wenatchee's blocks carry the rhythm of a working household: larger-than-average family sizes, more than one adult often juggling shifts, and a monthly rent that leaves little cushion for appointments that feel optional. That last part matters for STI screening, because younger adults in their late teens and twenties, East Wenatchee's highest-risk years for chlamydia and gonorrhea, are often exactly the people whose schedules and budgets make "I'll get around to it" feel like a reasonable strategy until it isn't. The ownership picture here tells you something useful: roughly four in ten residents rent rather than own, which often means shorter tenures, more life transitions, and more moments when regular health habits reset.
With fewer than one in five households clearing six figures annually, a testing option with a sliding-scale or no-cost tier is not a convenience, it's the factor that determines whether someone actually books the appointment. Valley Mall Parkway is a natural orientation point: most residents driving north or south through East Wenatchee pass it, and it sits close enough to the WA 28 corridor that checking clinic hours before an errand run is genuinely practical. A quick look at the clinic cards listed here, filtered by fee and distance, is the most direct thing a South Wenatchee household can do today.
Getting there
East Wenatchee scores 10.87/20 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 98802 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 98802 area around East Wenatchee: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not East Wenatchee alone.
East Wenatchee sits in Douglas County, ZIP 98802. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside East Wenatchee? 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 Douglas County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Washington 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 Wenatchee-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 Wenatchee 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 Washington 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 Washington, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Washington 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 WashingtonSource: 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, Wenatchee, WA is close; compare it by distance against CVCH East Wenatchee Express Care.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing.
Yes, community and public clinics test the uninsured, with sliding-scale fees.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 355 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the Washington average.
In Washington, 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.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
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.
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