In Trumbull County which runs about 27% lower than the US average in reported chlamydia cases, you may wish to get tested before starting a new relationship in Girard, Ohio. Visiting a clinic gives you access to a provider for immediate answers and treatment, while an at-home kit lets you collect your sample on your own schedule. For either option see the listings below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Girard, OH. The nearest, Valley Health Services - Belmont, is about 1.6 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.
Valley Health Services - Belmont, in Youngstown, welcomes walk-in patients for STI screening without an appointment. Sliding-scale fees, tied to income, apply to the standard panel of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. Meaning a single drop-in visit can cover all three.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
3999 Belmont, in Youngstown, earns its federally qualified designation by tying STI screening fees directly to each patient's income: meaning syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing slides to what you can actually pay, with no appointment needed to get started.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
RISE Recovery in Youngstown welcomes walk-ins for STI screening without an appointment. Federally qualified status ties its fees to a sliding scale set by household income, and a single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing in one stop.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Meridian HealthCare - Meridian Road Campus in Youngstown welcomes walk-ins for STI screening, no appointment needed. Federally qualified and NHSC-designated, it ties fees to income on a sliding scale. A single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Youngstown Community Health Center, serving Youngstown, carries federal qualification that anchors its sliding-scale fee structure: costs adjust to your income, and inability to pay isn't a barrier. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
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 2 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Girard, 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 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 Trumbull 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.
4504 Logan Way, Hubbard, OH 44425
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
667 Eastland Avenue Southeast, Warren, OH 44484
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
Wexford Center, 1950 Niles-Cortland Road Northeast, Warren, OH 44484
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 Girard. 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, 555 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Girard. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 212 offer telehealth.
David Delliquadri, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 121 East Liberty Street, Girard
Harriet Lemberger Schor, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 4694 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown
Benjamin Brocker
Family medicine · 4694 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown
Saba Sheik, MD
Internal medicine · 5170 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown
Bruce Willner, DO
Family medicine · 3622 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown
Ramona Sheth, MD
Internal medicine · 656 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles
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 Girard, 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.
Brine's Hometown Pharmacy
0.5 mi
0.5 mi 
1.6 mi Giant Eagle Pharmacy 4002
1.6 mi
2.3 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Girard, 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 Girard, 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 $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
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
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 Trumbull County, the county that includes Girard, compare with Ohio and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~25% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#15 of 88 Ohio counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 83% of the state
| Infection | Trumbull County | Ohio | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 359.8 721 cases ▼ 22% | 461.7 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 124.8 250 cases ▼ 26% | 168 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 9.5 19 cases ▼ 42% | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 5.5 11 cases ▼ 40% | 9.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 5 10 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 Trumbull County, chlamydia has fallen from 426.3 to 359.8 per 100,000 (16%), gonorrhea has fallen from 251 to 124.8 per 100,000 (50%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 2 to 9.5 per 100,000 (375%).
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 Trumbull County.
Local HIV snapshot
Trumbull County HIV care continuum (2023)
Trumbull County recorded 5.2 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 8.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Trumbull County residents living with HIV, 83.5% are in care · 74.1% 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 Trumbull County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Along North State Street, where US 422 carries steady traffic past apartment complexes and side streets that feed into quieter neighborhoods, a monthly rent of roughly $634 can look like breathing room. Until the rest of the budget closes in. That pressure is real for the renters scattered across neighborhoods like Tibbetts Corners and McDonald Heights, and it shapes whether a screening appointment actually gets scheduled or stays on the mental back-burner. The working picture here adds another layer.
With a meaningful share of residents outside the labor force entirely, and unemployment running above what most Ohio metros see, scheduling flexibility isn't a given. Younger adults in Girard, the late-teen and twentysomething crowd for whom regular screening carries the most consequence, often work variable hours or juggle more than one job. What the options listed here offer is the ability to match a provider to your actual constraints: sliding-scale fees for tighter budgets, extended or weekend hours, and locations accessible from North State Street without a long transfer. Trumbull County's STI numbers make that match worth making sooner rather than later.
Getting there
At 6.88/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Girard 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 44446 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 44446 area around Girard: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Girard alone.
Girard sits in Trumbull County, ZIP 44446. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Neighborhoods & communities
Major routes
Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Girard? 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 Trumbull 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 Girard-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 Girard 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.
Possibly, Youngstown, OH is close; compare it by distance against Valley Health Services - Belmont.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing.
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 360 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Ohio average.
In Ohio, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
The HPV vaccine guards against the cancer- and wart-causing types; ask a provider if you're still eligible.
Roughly 2–6 weeks by test type; a 3-month retest gives full confidence in a negative.
Public health clinics, family-planning clinics, and many school or campus health centers test teens and young adults, often free.
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