Syphilis rates in Franklin city are roughly 24% below the national average. Deciding whether to visit a community or public clinic or a private lab for testing in Franklin city, Virginia depends on whether you prioritize cost and accessibility or speed and convenience. We list your options below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Franklin, VA. The nearest, Virginia Department of Health, is about 0.6 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.
Virginia Department of Health in Franklin requires an appointment, and that single visit covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis C, and TB testing: plus same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, HPV and hepatitis vaccines, and DoxyPEP, all at no fee.
The no-fee structure at Virginia Department of Health in Franklin applies across the board: STI testing, TB testing, bacterial STI treatment, HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccines, DoxyPEP, and partner notification services. Sliding-scale and insurance are accepted, but nothing on the service list carries a charge regardless of what you bring to the counter.
Virginia Department of Health in Franklin delivers care in Spanish as a direct staff capability: meaning clinical conversations about exposure history, DoxyPEP dosing, and prevention education happen in Spanish within the appointment itself, not routed through a secondary channel after the fact.
Without a prescribing clinic, DoxyPEP, doxycycline taken after a potential bacterial STI exposure, means a separate provider visit, a separate prescription, and days lost in between. Virginia Department of Health in Franklin writes and manages DoxyPEP directly, so the window between exposure and protection doesn't widen waiting for a second appointment.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
A public safety-net federally qualified health center about 1 mile from Franklin. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Southeastern Virginia Health System in Franklin delivers STI care (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing) on a sliding scale with Medicare and insurance accepted, same-visit bacterial treatment, and prevention services including PrEP and PEP. Appointments are required.
Southeastern Virginia Health System prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, which means ongoing HIV prevention is managed within the same clinical relationship as your testing. No separate provider to locate or coordinate.
Clinics running a basic panel stop at the four bacterial and viral STIs. Southeastern Virginia Health System extends testing to hepatitis B and hepatitis C as well, catching infections that a narrower panel would leave undetected.
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Ivor Medical Center, serving Ivor, carries federal qualification that translates directly into income-based sliding-scale fees for STI screening (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) with no appointment required, so anyone needing testing can walk in and pay only what their income allows.
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Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center in Murfreesboro tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and all three hepatitis strains on a sliding-scale fee, and every service is provided at no charge. Appointments are required.
Sliding-scale clinics typically still generate a bill, even a small one, after the visit. Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center charges nothing for any service it provides, so the full scope of testing, treatment, and prevention sits at the same price point regardless of what you need.
Without direct-language care, an STI diagnosis can stall at the point of explanation. Leaving treatment delayed and follow-up questions unanswered. Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center delivers care in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, and Haitian Creole, along with Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, so the clinical conversation actually completes.
Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP on-site, meaning a prevention plan, and any necessary adjustments to it, stays with the same clinical team rather than moving across providers.
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American Sign Language, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
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 Franklin, 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.
Also in the area
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Franklin city, 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.
100 Fairview Drive, Franklin, VA 23851
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 Franklin. 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, 96 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Franklin. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 30 offer telehealth.
Alan Edwards, MD
Internal medicine · 118 Fairview Drive, Franklin
Tracy Rau
Family medicine · 102 Fairview Drive, Franklin
Suel Kim, MD
Internal medicine · 100 Fairview Drive, Franklin
Frances Williams, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 1401 North High Street, Franklin
Michael Abu-Absi, MD
Internal medicine · 1301 Armory Drive, Franklin
Shavon Jones, MD
Family medicine · 1357 Armory Drive, Franklin
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 Franklin, VA 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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0.7 mi Parker Drug Company
1.0 miFranklin Hometown Pharmacy
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14 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to Franklin, VA.
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 Franklin, 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.
$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
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
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 Franklin city, the city that includes Franklin, compare with Virginia 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.
#13 of 133 Virginia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 90% of the state
| Infection | Franklin city | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 779.5 65 cases ▲ 65% | 472.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 239.8 20 cases ▲ 51% | 158.3 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 12 1 cases ▲ 12% | 10.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 24 2 cases ▲ 153% | 9.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 83.9 7 cases ▲ 431% | 15.8 | 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 Franklin city, chlamydia has fallen from 880.2 to 779.5 per 100,000 (11%), gonorrhea has fallen from 452.3 to 239.8 per 100,000 (47%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 24.4 to 12 per 100,000 (51%).
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 Franklin city.
Local HIV snapshot
Franklin city HIV care continuum (2022)
Franklin city recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 11.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Franklin city residents living with HIV, 86.7% are in care · 73.3% 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 Franklin city tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Scottswood and Hunterdale are home to many of Franklin's younger adults, people navigating first jobs, shifting relationships, and household budgets stretched across rent and daily costs. With unemployment running notably high and fewer than one in seven households clearing six figures, the financial math here is tight for a lot of residents. The typical rent of $860 a month leaves little room for discretionary health spending, and that cost pressure is real for the under-35 crowd whose years of forming new partnerships are exactly when routine screening matters most. That economic reality makes the style and timing of access count.
Two in five adults are married, but households average just over three people, which means plenty of solo renters and smaller family units are managing schedules without much flex. 6 percent unemployment rate where every shift carries extra weight, is a visit that quietly slides off the calendar. That drive along Clay Street or South College Drive is worth planning for, because knowing the route in advance is what turns a Sunday-night search into a Thursday-morning appointment actually kept.
Getting there
At 6.24/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Franklin 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 23851 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 23851 area around Franklin: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Franklin alone.
Franklin sits in Franklin city, ZIP 23851. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Franklin? 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 Franklin city: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under 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 Franklin-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 Franklin 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 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 Virginia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
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 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.
There are 6 options within a 30-mile drive.
Usually yes, it can be billed to insurance, or paid out of pocket at a flat rate.
Virginia Department of Health, about 0.6 mi away, provides free testing.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Franklin city reported ~780 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Virginia average.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Virginia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
A urine test or swab finds trichomoniasis, one of the most treatable STIs.
It can; oral HSV-1 transmits to the genitals during oral sex.
Usually urine or a swab for chlamydia/gonorrhea, and blood for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis.
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