Hudson Headwaters Health Network
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Hudson Headwaters Health Network in Chestertown runs entirely on donations and a sliding-scale model that accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance, with HIV and hepatitis C tests free outright, covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, rapid and conventional HIV, hepatitis C, and TB, by appointment.
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Every Service Runs at Zero Cost
For anyone paying entirely out of pocket (no insurer, no regular provider, no safety net) Hudson Headwaters absorbs the cost across its full scope of services: testing, STI treatment, PrEP, and vaccines all carry no fee. Cash-pay care here isn't a stripped-down version; it's the same complete visit.
Interpretation Reaches Beyond a Phone Line
Plenty of clinics treat language access as an afterthought, a handoff to an outside service mid-appointment. Hudson Headwaters has interpretation services woven into care delivery itself, so the conversation with a provider doesn't have to pass through a relay that fragments the clinical exchange.
PrEP Prescribed and Monitored On-Site
Starting PrEP at Hudson Headwaters means the prescribing, the required HIV and renal lab monitoring, and the follow-up appointments all happen within the same practice. PEP is similarly managed on-site, with staff tracking the full course rather than handing off the prescription to a separate provider.
- Address
- 6223 State Rte 9, Chestertown, NY 12817
- Phone
- 518‑494‑2761
- Booking
- Appointment required
Opening hours
- Monday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Tuesday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Wednesday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Thursday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Friday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Saturday 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Sunday Closed
Languages
English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
Tests offered
- Hepatitis C Rapid
- TB
- Gonorrhea
- Syphilis
- Chlamydia
- Rapid HIV
- Conventional HIV
Serves
- Black or African American persons
- Gay Men
- Hispanic or Latino persons
- LGBTQ
- Low Income Persons
- Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)
Care services
- Family Planning
- STI Treatment
- Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV)
- Hepatitis A Vaccine
- Adult Hepatitis B Vaccine
Prevention services
- TB Prevention/Education
- STI Prevention/Education
- HIV/AIDS Prevention/Education
- Hepatitis Prevention/Education
- Condom Distribution
Fees & payment
- Donations Accepted
- Medicaid Accepted
- Medicare Accepted
- Fee
- Insurance Accepted
- Free HIV Test
- Free Hepatitis C Test
Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN