In Ottawa County, Ohio, reported chlamydia is about 66% lower than the US average. If you live in Genoa, Ohio, and are wondering whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, you can choose between community and public clinics, which are often low-cost or free, and private labs, which tend to offer faster results and more flexible scheduling.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Genoa, OH. The nearest, Community Health Services, is about 7.5 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.
Community Health Services in Stony Ridge accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurance, with a sliding-scale fee structure available for everyone else: covering rapid and conventional HIV testing, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis C, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs and HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines. Appointments are required, and clinical staff deliver care in Spanish.
Spanish-language services at Community Health Services are staffed directly into the clinical team: meaning diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up counseling for STIs, TB, and hepatitis happen in Spanish through the providers and staff themselves, not patched in around the edges of the appointment.
Alongside the core bacterial and HIV tests, Community Health Services runs hepatitis C antibody testing as part of its standard panel: staffed and ordered at the same appointment, so hepatitis C screening is scheduled, drawn, and reviewed within the same clinical workflow as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV.
Languages
English, Spanish
Tests offered
Serves
Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Neighborhood Health Association in Toledo covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and HIV, treating bacterial infections at the same visit, on a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. Appointments are required.
Plenty of clinics note that interpretation exists somewhere in their system, a service to be arranged, a step removed from the actual exam room. Neighborhood Health Association provides interpretation services for non-English languages as part of care itself, so the clinical conversation happens fully, not in fragments.
For anyone without a primary care provider to order a broader workup, or paying out of pocket and making one visit count, Neighborhood Health Association tests for herpes and hepatitis A, B, and C in addition to gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, all within a single appointment.
Languages
English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
Tests offered
Serves
Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Unison Behavioral Health Center in Toledo meets patients where they are (uninsured, between providers, or paying cash) through its federally qualified standing, which ties fees to income. Sliding-scale STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with no appointment required to get started.
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 8 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Genoa, 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 Ottawa 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.
615 Fulton Street, Port Clinton, OH 43452
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 Genoa. 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, 644 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Genoa. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 135 offer telehealth.
Aaron Meinke, MD
Family medicine · 22614 State Route 51 West, Genoa
Cara Derck, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 20311 Pemberville Road, Pemberville
Danielle Barrow, MD
OB-GYN · 2801 Bay Park Drive, Oregon
Kaleem Gill, MD
Family medicine · 2801 Bay Park Drive, Oregon
Naomi Kasturiarachi, DO
Family medicine · 2751 Bay Park Drive, Oregon
Jake Moore, DO
Family medicine · 2751 Bay Park Drive, Oregon
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 Genoa, OH 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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9.4 mi Collins & Parker
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9.5 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to Genoa, OH.
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 Genoa, 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 $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or 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 Ottawa County, the county that includes Genoa, compare with Ohio and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~29% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#75 of 88 Ohio counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 15% of the state
| Infection | Ottawa County | Ohio | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 165.8 66 cases ▼ 64% | 461.7 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 20.1 8 cases ▼ 88% | 168 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 5 2 cases ▼ 46% | 9.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 5 2 cases ▼ 69% | 16 | 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 Ottawa County, chlamydia has fallen from 183.3 to 165.8 per 100,000 (10%), gonorrhea has fallen from 52 to 20.1 per 100,000 (61%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 2.5 to 2.5 per 100,000.
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 Ottawa County.
Local HIV snapshot
Ottawa County HIV care continuum (2023)
Ottawa County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 8.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Ottawa County residents living with HIV, 100% are in care · 90% 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 Ottawa County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
The Ohio Turnpike cuts close enough to Genoa that reaching a clinic listed on this page is genuinely a highway errand: realistic on a lunch break or after a shift, but it does require a car and a deliberate plan. What makes that plan easier to keep is the economic texture here. Homeownership is high, nearly three in four households own their home, which means a meaningful share of residents carry the stable footing that comes with that kind of tenure. But about one in four adults earn at the higher end of the income range, and the rest are managing on more modest budgets, so the cost of testing genuinely registers.
The options listed on this page include sliding-scale and low-cost appointments, which matters for younger adults in Genoa. People in their late teens and twenties who are still building financial footing alongside everything else. Over half of adults here are married, and average households run close to three people. That household structure (couples, families, partners) is exactly the context where routine STI screening fits without drama: a practical step that belongs alongside any other preventive care, taken at one of the sites listed here when the schedule allows.
Getting there
At 5.74/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Genoa 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 43430 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 43430 area around Genoa: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Genoa alone.
Genoa sits in Ottawa County, ZIP 43430. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Major routes
Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Genoa? 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 Ottawa County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Ohio 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 Genoa-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 Genoa 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 Ohio 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 Ohio, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Ohio 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 OhioSource: 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.
Community Health Services, about 7.5 mi away, with 7 options within 30 miles.
Private labs run about $24 for one test and $139 for a full panel; at-home kits are $49+.
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.
Ottawa County reported ~166 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Ohio average.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
In Ohio, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
A kit ships to your address; you collect a urine, swab, or finger-stick sample, mail it to the lab, and get results online in a few days.
Untreated chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and fertility problems, caught early, it's cured with antibiotics.
A urine test or swab finds trichomoniasis, one of the most treatable STIs.
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