Chlamydia reports in Madison County run about 20% higher than the US average. If you live in English Village, Alabama and want testing whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, weigh public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits. Public clinics keep costs down, private labs prioritize speed, and at-home kits trade a clinic visit for convenience. Here are your options.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for English Village, AL. The nearest, Crestwood Medical Group, is about 2.9 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.
Crestwood Medical Group in Huntsville schedules appointments for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis C testing, with gonorrhea and chlamydia treated the same visit. Fees run on a sliding scale, and insurance including Medicaid and Medicare is accepted. Closing on PrEP and PEP prescribing available on-site.
Plenty of testing sites stop well short of writing prevention prescriptions, leaving patients to track down a separate provider for PrEP or PEP. Crestwood Medical Group handles both, PrEP for ongoing HIV prevention and PEP for post-exposure situations, without routing patients out the door to find someone who will.
When hepatitis C is detected at Crestwood Medical Group, the clinic's own providers take it through treatment. Prescribing antiviral regimens and monitoring viral response over the course of therapy rather than handing off to a specialist elsewhere. The same team that orders the test manages the cure.
Crestwood Medical Group builds hepatitis A, B, and C testing into its panel alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. Rapid and conventional HIV testing are both available, and the lab work on hepatitis C feeds directly into the clinic's own treatment pathway rather than standing alone as a one-off result.
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English
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Listing verified May 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Thrive Alabama in Huntsville runs every service (testing for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C, plus same-visit treatment for bacterial infections) on a sliding-scale fee structure, with appointments required and HIV testing free.
Thrive Alabama's sliding-scale schedule extends all the way to no fee: not for a subset of services, but across the full catalog: testing, treatment, PrEP prescriptions, hepatitis B treatment, hepatitis C treatment, and vaccination. The cost floor is zero, applied before any bill is generated.
Thrive Alabama in Huntsville has Spanish-language capacity built into its clinical staff, meaning counseling, medication adherence education, and treatment conversations happen directly in Spanish. That staffing extends to PrEP initiation and HIV/AIDS medical management, where precision of language shapes adherence.
Prevention prescriptions that many sexual-health clinics leave to primary-care providers are written and managed inside Thrive PrEP for ongoing HIV prevention and PEP for post-exposure situations, with the medication adherence counseling to sustain both, all under one clinical relationship.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
A safety-net federally qualified health center about 5 miles from English Village. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
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 3 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to English Village, 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 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 Madison 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.
11100 South Memorial Parkway, Huntsville, AL 35803
CMS-certified lab
1428 Weatherly Road, Suite #109, Huntsville, AL 35803
CMS-certified lab
601 Genome Way, Suite 2025 And 2034, Huntsville, AL 35806
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near English Village. 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, 456 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of English Village. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 83 offer telehealth.
Saurabh Patil
Family medicine · 1425 Weatherly Road Southeast, Huntsville
Gorantla Rao
Internal medicine · 1425 Weatherly Road, Huntsville
John Holloway, MD
Family medicine · 8151 Whitesburg Drive Southeast, Huntsville
Michel Farah, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 8010 Memorial Parkway Southwest, Huntsville
Courtney Fennell, DO
Family medicine · 9000 Bailey Cove Road Southeast, Huntsville
Yari Campbell, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 7900 Bailey Cove Road Southeast, Huntsville
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 English Village, AL 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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0.4 mi Hunnington Pharmacy
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1.6 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to English Village, AL.
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 English Village, 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
$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
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 Madison County, the county that includes English Village, compare with Alabama and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~23% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#30 of 67 Alabama counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 55% of the state
| Infection | Madison County | Alabama | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 589.7 2,433 cases ▼ 9% | 651.1 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 236.8 977 cases ▲ 4% | 226.9 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 15 62 cases ▼ 48% | 28.6 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 11.9 49 cases ▼ 42% | 20.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 10.2 42 cases ▼ 58% | 24.5 | 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 Madison County, chlamydia has fallen from 649.2 to 589.7 per 100,000 (9%), gonorrhea has fallen from 381 to 236.8 per 100,000 (38%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 9.5 to 15 per 100,000 (58%).
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 Madison County.
Local HIV snapshot
Federal priority area: Alabama is one of the U.S. jurisdictions prioritized under the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative: targeted federal funding to expand local HIV testing, PrEP, and prevention.
Madison County HIV care continuum (2023)
Madison County recorded 13.1 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 16.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Madison County residents living with HIV, 73.9% are in care · 63.3% 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 Madison County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Data & references
Local context
Memorial Parkway Southwest cuts through English Village at the pace of a place that mostly owns its homes, and that kind of long-term rootedness shapes how people here think about their health, including the parts of it that rarely come up at neighborhood association meetings. With more than four in five residents holding the deed to their house, the community leans stable and family-oriented, and over half of adults are married. That settled character is real, but it doesn't erase the fact that younger adults (people in their late teens and twenties navigating new relationships, new jobs, new partners) still live here and still need routine STI screening. Getting tested in English Village isn't a walk away from anything.
Clinics that offer sliding-scale fees or keep hours outside the standard nine-to-five matter more here than the raw number of options might suggest, and listed locations gives people real room to find one that fits their commute down Martin Road rather than requiring a dedicated trip. The Willowbrook area and neighborhoods toward Jones Valley Estates sit within a county whose STI data underscores why consistent, low-threshold screening is worth building into ordinary life. Not as an event, but as something as unremarkable as an annual physical.
Getting there
At 7.18/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in English Village 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 35803 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 35803 area around English Village: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not English Village alone.
English Village sits in Madison County, ZIP 35803. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside English Village? 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 Madison County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Alabama 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 English Village-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 English Village 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 Alabama 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 Alabama, a minor aged 12 or older can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Alabama 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 AlabamaSource: 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, Huntsville, AL is close; compare it by distance against Crestwood Medical Group.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
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 590 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Alabama average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In Alabama, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 35803; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
Public health clinics, family-planning clinics, and many school or campus health centers test teens and young adults, often free.
Community health centers and family-planning clinics serve all patients, and many offer LGBTQ-affirming care, ask the site directly.
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