Every year Duplin County sees about 50% more chlamydia cases than the US average. Whether you have symptoms or are simply seeking peace of mind in Faison, North Carolina, you can choose between walk-in clinics for same-day testing or schedule around your convenience with labs and at-home kits. See the options below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Faison, NC. The nearest, Goshen Medical Center - Support Services, 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.
Goshen Medical Center - Support Services, serving Faison, earned its federally qualified designation by tying fees to patient income: meaning syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening stays financially within reach regardless of what someone earns, with no appointment needed to get started.
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Fees & payment
Goshen Medical Center - Corporate, in Faison, earned its federally qualified designation by tying fees directly to household income: meaning STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia is available on a sliding scale, no appointment needed, regardless of what a patient can pay.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Goshen Medical Center, a full-service medical clinic in Faison, runs on sliding-scale fees with Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance all accepted. No one fixed-price tier. Appointments are required; gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis are treated same visit, and Spanish-language care is available on-site.
Many clinics leave non-English speakers to navigate sensitive conversations through a remote line, with a stranger's voice bridging the gap. At Goshen Medical Center, Spanish is spoken directly in the room, so sexual health history, treatment instructions, and follow-up plans land clearly, without the distortion of a relay.
For anyone without a regular primary-care provider, or paying out of pocket and managing their own preventive care, Goshen Medical Center's panel covers hepatitis A, B, and C alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, plus hepatitis A and B vaccines, so a single appointment closes more gaps than the stripped-down version elsewhere.
Languages
English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Apr 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 Faison, 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 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 Duplin 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.
401 North Main Street, Kenansville, NC 28349
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
110 East Park Drive, Beulaville, NC 28518
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Faison. 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, 216 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Faison. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 60 offer telehealth.
Douglas Keith, MD
Family medicine · 444 Southwest Ctr Street, Faison
Carl Pate, MD
Family medicine · 460 Southwest Ctr Street, Faison
Thomas Draughon, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 201 North Breazeale Avenue, Mount Olive
Robert Reagan, MD
Urology · 1021 Beaman Street, Clinton
Susie Fitzgerald, DO
Family medicine · 1004 Beaman Street, Clinton
Paul Viser, MD
Internal medicine · 607 Beaman Street, Clinton
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 Faison, NC 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.
6.9 mi 
7.7 mi 
7.8 mi Warsaw Drug
8.4 miKenansville Pharmacy
8.8 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Faison, NC.
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 Faison, 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 Duplin County, the county that includes Faison, compare with North Carolina and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~27% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#24 of 100 North Carolina counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 76% of the state
| Infection | Duplin County | North Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 737.1 365 cases ▲ 21% | 607.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 189.8 94 cases ▼ 22% | 243.2 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 14.1 7 cases ▼ 29% | 19.9 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 16.2 8 cases ▲ 3% | 15.8 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 16.2 8 cases ▼ 33% | 24 | 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 Duplin County, chlamydia has risen from 671.3 to 737.1 per 100,000 (10%), gonorrhea has fallen from 201.2 to 189.8 per 100,000 (6%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 6.2 to 14.1 per 100,000 (127%).
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 Duplin County.
Local HIV snapshot
Duplin County HIV care continuum (2023)
Duplin County recorded 12.1 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 15.1 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Duplin County residents living with HIV, 48.6% are in care · 43.6% 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 Duplin County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
US 117 cuts through the center of Faison as both North East Center Street and South East Center Street, threading past Faison Park and connecting a town where households run notably large and nearly half of adults are raising families under a married structure. That kind of household, with multiple schedules, shared finances, and an average of more than four people under one roof, tends to fold health decisions into the wider logic of the family: what fits the week, what the budget allows, what one person's appointment costs everyone else in time. The economics here are tight in ways that shape those decisions quietly. Rents are low by state standards, but with fewer than one in ten households clearing six figures and a meaningful share of working-age adults outside the labor force, a clinic visit competes with real constraints, not imagined ones.
Young adults in Faison, people in their late teens and twenties who are statistically the most likely to encounter a new STI, often weigh cost and distance before they weigh anything clinical. The options listed on this page span a range of fees and hours, and for many residents, the nearest one means a drive out along Faison Highway or US 117 Alternate rather than a walk across town. Duplin County's STI figures reflect the same pressures that shape daily life here: limited access, stretched incomes, busy households. For anyone living along these roads, knowing where their current status stands is simply what responsible health maintenance looks like in a county where the numbers have consistently warranted attention.
Getting there
At 4.78/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Faison 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 28341 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 28341 area around Faison: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Faison alone.
Faison sits in Duplin County, ZIP 28341. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Faison? 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 Duplin County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under North Carolina 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 Faison-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 Faison 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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
North Carolina 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 North CarolinaSource: 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 6 options within a 30-mile drive.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it.
Public clinics serve people without insurance, often on a sliding scale.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Duplin County reported ~737 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the North Carolina average.
In North Carolina, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
Teen and campus health clinics and public health departments offer youth-friendly, low-cost testing.
Public and community clinics test everyone; several provide LGBTQ-affirming services.
No, most STIs have no visible signs, so the only way to know is to test.
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