Syphilis cases reported in Summit County are 99% higher than the US average. If you're in Green, Ohio for a one-time concern or regular check-ups, you can weigh public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits. Public clinics help save money, private labs emphasize quick results, and at-home kits let you skip the clinic visit. Options are listed below.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for Green, OH. The nearest, Quest Diagnostics, is about 0.8 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.
Stark County Health Department in Canton runs STI testing by appointment, and a single scheduled visit covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B and C, and TB, bacterial infections treated same visit, on a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.
Stark County Health Department maintains interpretation services for non-English languages as a staffed operational resource: meaning a clinician can conduct the full intake, exposure discussion, and treatment explanation in the patient's language during the appointment, not patched in afterward.
As a Title X-funded site, Stark County Health Department is legally required to provide confidential family planning services to minors: meaning billing, records, and communications are handled under federal confidentiality protections that operate independently of a parent or guardian's insurance.
Beyond the core bacterial and HIV tests, Stark County Health Department screens for both hepatitis B and hepatitis C, which means a patient leaves with a complete picture of their viral status, and with hepatitis B vaccination available on-site if the result warrants it.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
AxessPointe Community Health Centers in Akron requires appointments and covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB testing on a sliding-scale fee, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs and interpretation services available throughout.
When a language barrier goes unaddressed at a clinic visit, dosing instructions get misunderstood, follow-up gets skipped, and infections go untreated. At AxessPointe Community Health Centers in Akron, interpretation services are available across the visit, so the clinical conversation, the treatment plan, and the next steps all land clearly.
AxessPointe Community Health Centers in Akron prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP on-site, with uninsured patients covered for PrEP costs. Meaning consistent access to tenofovir-based prevention without the financial interruption that causes gaps in protection.
A hepatitis C diagnosis that points to a separate specialist means weeks of delay, additional scheduling, and real risk that treatment never starts. AxessPointe Community Health Centers in Akron treats hepatitis C on-site, closing the gap between a positive antibody result and the antiviral regimen that clears the infection.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Community Support Services in Akron holds federal qualification that ties its fees directly to patient income, meaning no one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
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Pioneer Physicians Network in Massillon is a full-spectrum physician practice where STI care sits alongside primary medicine: meaning gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid HIV testing run on a fee-based sliding scale with same-visit bacterial treatment and PrEP access, by appointment.
Pioneer Physicians Network holds standing capacity to prescribe both PrEP and PEP, making it a practical answer for someone managing HIV prevention without a dedicated infectious-disease provider or who wants prevention folded into an existing care relationship rather than handled through a separate clinic entirely.
Where the test order goes beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid HIV, Pioneer Physicians Network adds hepatitis C antibody screening to the draw: a single appointment that covers bloodborne viral exposure alongside bacterial STIs, with physicians on staff to interpret results and coordinate treatment directly.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Summa Health in Akron tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis C on a sliding-scale fee structure that accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. Same-visit treatment is available for bacterial infections, and an appointment is required.
Summa Health prescribes PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP. Three distinct prevention medications covering different exposure windows and transmission routes. Having all three available through a single provider means ongoing prevention strategy can be adjusted as circumstances change, without splitting care across separate practices.
Plenty of STI clinics cap their panel at gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. Hepatitis C gets left to primary care or a specialist referral. Summa Health runs hepatitis C testing alongside the standard four, keeping a fuller picture of bloodborne risk within the same visit.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
ICHC - Akron earns its federally qualified standing partly by tying what patients pay to what they earn: meaning STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia slides down the cost scale rather than staying fixed, and no appointment is needed to get started.
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Cleveland Clinic in Akron accepts Medicaid and most insurance, with a fee schedule for other payers, covering the full panel (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C) plus same-visit bacterial treatment; appointments required.
Tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada or its generics) is the backbone of PrEP at Cleveland Clinic Akron, paired with the required HIV and kidney-function monitoring built into the prescription cycle. PEP is also prescribed on-site, meaning both ends of HIV prevention, ongoing daily prophylaxis and post-exposure response, are covered by the same clinical team.
Many clinics run a hepatitis C antibody test and stop there, leaving patients to find a specialist elsewhere for direct-acting antivirals. Cleveland Clinic Akron treats hepatitis C on-site: the rapid test and the cure sit in the same practice, eliminating the gap between knowing and resolving.
A standard STI panel typically covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, and no further. Cleveland Clinic Akron adds herpes, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C to that baseline, so a single appointment produces a picture that accounts for infections most clinics simply don't test for.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio in Canton tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee accepted by Medicaid and most insurers; appointments are required, and bacterial infections caught here are treated the same visit.
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio in Canton carries interpretation services staffed directly into clinical appointments, not routed through a secondary call after the fact. That means the clinician, the patient, and the interpreter are operating in the same exchange, so treatment decisions, PrEP counseling, and test results are conveyed without a relay gap.
As a Title X-funded site, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio in Canton is required by federal law to provide confidential family planning services to minors. Not as a courtesy policy, but as a binding statutory protection. That legal designation means a minor's visit, test results, and any contraceptive or STI care are shielded from disclosure regardless of insurance billing.
Without a clinic that both prescribes and manages PrEP and PEP, patients often leave with a name and a wait. A gap where prevention stalls. Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio in Canton writes those prescriptions and handles the follow-up monitoring in-house, so neither regimen has to be handed off to a separate provider before it can start.
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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 Green, 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 Summit 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.
1940 Town Park Boulevard, Uniontown, OH 44685
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
6200 Whipple Avenue Northwest, North Canton, OH 44720
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
1825 Franks Parkway, Uniontown, OH 44685
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
6100 Whipple Avenue Northwest, North Canton, OH 44720
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
4860 Frank Avenue Northwest, North Canton, OH 44720
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Showing the nearest 5 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Green. 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, 890 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Green. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 223 offer telehealth.
Benito Alvarez, MD
OB-GYN · 4000 Massillon Road, Uniontown
Amanda Kalan, MD
OB-GYN · 1946 Town Park Boulevard, Uniontown
Oluyemi Aderibigbe, MD
OB-GYN · 1946 Town Park Boulevard, Uniontown
Timothy Carrabine, MD
Internal medicine · 3838 Massillon Road, Uniontown
Muriel Tabet, MD
OB-GYN · 1700 Boettler Road, Green
Paulo Borges, MD
Family medicine · 1700 Boettler Road, Uniontown
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 Green, 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.
Mark V Coberly
0.5 miK-C Health Services
0.6 miPharmco Management
0.6 miFred W Albrecht Grocery Company
0.8 miThe Oak Clinic
0.8 miShree RX
0.8 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Green, 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 Green, 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
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
$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 Summit County, the county that includes Green, compare with Ohio 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.
#7 of 88 Ohio counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 92% of the state
| Infection | Summit County | Ohio | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 525.8 2,817 cases ▲ 14% | 461.7 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 198.8 1,065 cases ▲ 18% | 168 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 31.4 168 cases ▲ 93% | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 10.3 55 cases ▲ 12% | 9.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 15.1 81 cases ▼ 6% | 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 Summit County, chlamydia has fallen from 571.6 to 525.8 per 100,000 (8%), gonorrhea has fallen from 350.6 to 198.8 per 100,000 (43%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 11.8 to 31.4 per 100,000 (166%).
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 Summit County.
Local HIV snapshot
Summit County HIV care continuum (2023)
Summit County recorded 7.6 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 8.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Summit County residents living with HIV, 83.1% are in care · 73.4% 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 Summit County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Massillon Road cuts through Green's quieter residential stretches, where most households own their homes and the monthly costs of a mortgage, utilities, and a family of three leave relatively little slack for discretionary health spending. That picture matters for STI screening because cost uncertainty, even modest copays, is often what nudges an appointment off the calendar. The roughly one-in-four residents who rent here face a different version of the same constraint: at typical rent levels in Green, there is not much cushion for unplanned medical visits, which makes the range of fee structures among the options listed on this page genuinely relevant.
Green skews toward married, family-sized households, and that domestic stability sometimes gives people a false sense that routine screening is unnecessary. It isn't. Young adults in their late teens and twenties, the years when chlamydia and gonorrhea are most commonly transmitted and most commonly go undetected, live inside those households too, and they are least likely to seek care unless access is straightforward. With more than six in ten residents in the labor force and unemployment running low, the city is working, which means scheduling a clinic visit competes with shift coverage and family logistics rather than with distance alone.
The clinics listed here range in hours, fees, and distance from Green, so checking which ones offer walk-in slots on SR 241's side of Summit County is a practical first step before committing to a drive.
Getting there
At 6.94/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Green 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 44720 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 44720 area around Green: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Green alone.
Green sits in Summit County, ZIP 44720. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Green? 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 Summit 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 Green-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 Green 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.
There are 12 options within a 30-mile drive.
Free at public clinics. Private labs run about $24 for one test and $139 for a full panel; at-home kits are $49+.
Yes, free HIV testing is available at public clinics in the area.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Summit County reported ~526 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Ohio average.
In Ohio, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
Telling recent partners lets them test and treat; many health departments offer confidential partner-notification help.
Little prep is needed, bring an ID and insurance if you have it, and note your exposure dates and any symptoms; for a urine test, avoid peeing for about an hour beforehand.
Clinics give immediate care and treatment; home kits win on convenience and discretion. Either works.
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