Chlamydia rates in Plymouth County run about 55% lower than the US average. If you have a one-time concern or need regular check-ups in Hinton, Iowa, consider your options for STD testing: clinics may bill insurance or offer a sliding-scale fee, while many private labs let you pay a flat self-pay price. Check the options below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Hinton, IA. The nearest, Siouxland Community Health Women's Clinic, is about 9.8 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.
Siouxland Community Health Women's Clinic in Sioux City structures its fees on a sliding scale tied to income, so cost alone won't block access to care. The federally qualified health center screens for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with no appointment required to be seen.
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Siouxland District Health Department in Sioux City covers rapid HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and TB testing with hepatitis A and B vaccines. All at no fee, by appointment, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections.
The fee structure at Siouxland District Health Department is a flat zero across the board: testing, STI treatment, hepatitis A and B vaccines, and counseling carry no cost regardless of circumstance. That means a visit for the full bacterial panel and a hepatitis B vaccine series begins and ends without a bill.
Siouxland District Health Department provides care directly in Spanish, which means counseling, test results, and treatment discussions happen in the same conversation: no relay, no lag between what's said and what's understood.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Siouxland Community Health in Sioux City tests for HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB, and treats bacterial STIs the same day they're diagnosed, all on a sliding-scale fee, with every service available at no cost.
Every test, every treatment, every counseling session at Siouxland Community Health carries no charge. That means same-visit bacterial STI treatment, PrEP, HIV medical management, and TB care are all available without a bill waiting at the end.
Siouxland Community Health maintains direct language capacity in French, Spanish, and Vietnamese, with interpretation services for additional languages: meaning providers counsel on PrEP adherence, medication schedules, and STI prevention in the language the appointment actually runs in.
As a Title X-funded clinic, Siouxland Community Health provides family planning services to minors under the confidentiality protections federal law mandates. Prescribing contraception and delivering STI care without parental disclosure as a condition of the visit.
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English, French, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish, Vietnamese
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
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 10 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Hinton, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 Plymouth 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.
111 Main Street, Kingsley, IA 51028
CMS-certified lab
714 Lincoln Street Northeast, Le Mars, IA 51031
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Hinton. 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, 104 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Hinton. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 6 offer telehealth.
Jeffrey Krohn, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 2600 Outer Drive North, Sioux City
Joseph Kurth, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 4230 Hamilton Boulevard, Sioux City
Emily Oberle, DO
OB-GYN · 2730 Pierce Street, Sioux City
Alfred Fleming, MD
OB-GYN · 2730 Pierce Street, Sioux City
Candis Bell, MD
Family medicine · 2720 Stone Park Boulevard, Sioux City
Christopher Wolf, DO
Family medicine · 2720 Stone Park Boulevard, Sioux City
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 Hinton, IA 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.
Leeds Pharmacy
7.0 mi
7.4 mi Hy-Vee Pharmacy
9.0 miHy-Vee Mainstreet (7070)
9.0 miShopko Pharmacy 040
9.2 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Hinton, IA.
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 Hinton, 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 $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
$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 Plymouth County, the county that includes Hinton, compare with Iowa 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.
#49 of 99 Iowa counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 51% of the state
| Infection | Plymouth County | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 221.6 57 cases ▼ 48% | 426.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 15.6 4 cases ▼ 87% | 116.8 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 10.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 3.9 1 cases ▼ 58% | 9.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 7.8 2 cases ▼ 21% | 9.9 | 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 Plymouth County, chlamydia has fallen from 307.4 to 221.6 per 100,000 (28%), gonorrhea has fallen from 97.3 to 15.6 per 100,000 (84%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 11.7 to 3.9 per 100,000 (67%).
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 Plymouth County.
Local HIV snapshot
Plymouth County HIV care continuum (2023)
Plymouth County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 5.1 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Plymouth County residents living with HIV, 85.7% are in care · 71.4% 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 Plymouth County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Hinton began as a station along the rail line, a place where families stopped and stayed, and that rootedness still shapes the town. Many households have been here for decades; people know their neighbors and value their privacy equally. For young adults moving into the area or settling nearby (whether for work, school, or family) confidential STI testing is available in and around Hinton through the clinics and providers listed on this page. The working rhythms of the community mean appointments often happen during lunch breaks or after shifts, and testing facilities accommodate those real schedules. The town's character as a place where people build lives means that sexual health screening fits naturally into preventive care, without fanfare or awkwardness.
Testing remains confidential; results do not automatically reach employers, schools, or family members. A young person new to the area, a couple planning pregnancy, or anyone with questions about their sexual health can access screening that respects both medical privacy and the town's understated way of doing things. Health decisions in Hinton are treated as personal. The clinics and providers in the directory serve residents who want straightforward, judgment-free testing and clear results: whether for peace of mind, partnership planning, or routine wellness.
Getting there
At 4.29/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Hinton 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 51024 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 51024 area around Hinton: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Hinton alone.
Hinton sits in Plymouth County, ZIP 51024. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Hinton? 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 Plymouth County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Iowa 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 Hinton-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 Hinton 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 Iowa 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 Iowa, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own; a parent may be notified only in the case of a positive HIV test result.
Iowa 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 IowaSource: 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.
3 testing options are within 30 miles of Hinton, IA.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
Public clinics nearby offer free HIV testing.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 222 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Iowa average.
In Iowa, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
Public health clinics, family-planning clinics, and many school or campus health centers test teens and young adults, often free.
Community health centers and family-planning clinics serve all patients, and many offer LGBTQ-affirming care, ask the site directly.
That's a myth; STIs need sexual contact to spread, not surfaces.
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