In Fort Gay, any reported cases of gonorrhea in Wayne County run about 93% lower than the US average. Whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening in Fort Gay, West Virginia, choose what fits your schedule: some clinics take walk-ins for same-day testing, while labs and at-home kits let you plan around your own time.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Fort Gay, WV. The nearest, Valley Health, is about 0.2 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.
Valley Health in Fort Gay pairs gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis C, and HIV testing with same-visit bacterial treatment on a sliding-scale fee structure accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance: appointments required, PrEP and PEP available on-site.
Valley Health prescribes both daily oral PrEP and PEP through its own clinical staff, which means the monitoring labs, prescription management, and follow-up visits stay within a single practice rather than cycling through separate providers. PrEP requires periodic HIV and kidney-function testing that Valley Health handles in-house.
For anyone without a regular primary-care provider, or managing care entirely out of pocket, Valley Health's panel covers hepatitis C alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, consolidating screening that would otherwise require a separate appointment at a different facility entirely.
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Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Valley Health Louisa, serving Louisa residents who are uninsured, paying cash, or caught between providers, carries federally qualified health center standing. Meaning STI screening fees follow a sliding scale tied to income. Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing is available without an appointment.
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A safety-net rural health clinic in Fort Gay. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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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 Fort Gay, 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, 292 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Fort Gay. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 43 offer telehealth.
Ashleigh Clickett, DO
OB-GYN · 71 Wayne Street, Fort Gay
Marc Workman
Family medicine · 412 North Lock Avenue, Louisa
Jeremy Klein, MD
Family medicine · 40 Medical Heights, Louisa
Michael Brock, DO
Family medicine · 306 Commerce Drive, Louisa
Spencer Harris, DO
Family medicine · 2483 Hwy 644 107, Louisa
Benjamin Browning, DO
Family medicine · 2485 Hwy 644, Louisa
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 Fort Gay, WV 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.
Louisa Prescription Center
0.5 miLawrence Retail
0.6 miParadise Enterprises
1.0 mi
1.3 mi Rite Value Pharmacy
2.0 mi
2.0 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to Fort Gay, WV.
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 Fort Gay, 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 Wayne County, the county that includes Fort Gay, compare with West Virginia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~20% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#37 of 55 West Virginia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 33% of the state
| Infection | Wayne County | West Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 140.6 53 cases ▼ 44% | 249 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 13.3 5 cases ▼ 76% | 54.7 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 10.6 4 cases ▼ 3% | 10.9 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 5.3 2 cases ▼ 13% | 6.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 15.9 6 cases ▼ 2% | 16.3 | 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 Wayne County, chlamydia has fallen from 200.1 to 140.6 per 100,000 (30%), gonorrhea has fallen from 87.2 to 13.3 per 100,000 (85%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 7.7 to 10.6 per 100,000 (38%).
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 Wayne County.
Local HIV snapshot
Wayne County HIV care continuum (2023)
Wayne County recorded 15.4 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 6.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Wayne County residents living with HIV, 67.6% are in care · 32.4% 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 Wayne County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Louisa carries the quiet rhythms of a small river community where households run large and a slim slice of residents hold formal employment: meaning many people are managing caregiving, irregular shifts, or multiple obligations that leave little room for optional appointments. That workforce reality is compounded by the fact that nearly half of Fort Gay's households rent at rates low enough to signal genuinely tight monthly margins, with almost no households in the high-income bracket to absorb unexpected costs. For younger adults still forming relationships and navigating sexual health decisions, the combination of constrained schedules and cost sensitivity can quietly turn a straightforward test into something that keeps getting postponed. Getting to a clinic means arranging a trip, not stepping out the door.
The household structure here, with families averaging well above two people, often means that trip has to fit around someone else's schedule too. That's exactly where the range of options listed on this page does real work. listings (varied by cost, hours, and proximity) means a resident near East Madison Street or over toward Louisa can compare sliding-scale fees, telehealth availability, and weekend hours rather than defaulting to whatever's easiest to find on short notice.
Getting there
At 3.25/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Fort Gay 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 25514 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 25514 area around Fort Gay: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Fort Gay alone.
Fort Gay sits in Wayne County, ZIP 25514. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Fort Gay? 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 Wayne County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under West Virginia 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 Fort Gay-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 Fort Gay 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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
West Virginia 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 West VirginiaSource: 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 Valley Health (0.2 mi); 6 options are within 30 miles.
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 141 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the West Virginia average.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 25514; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In West Virginia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, most chlamydia infections cause no symptoms, so screening is the only reliable way to catch it.
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