In Breathitt County, reported chlamydia runs about 81% lower than the US average. If you're getting tested in Houston, Kentucky before starting a new relationship or as part of ongoing care, you'll find that some clinics take walk-ins for same-day testing, while labs and at-home kits let you plan around your own time. See the list below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Houston, KY. The nearest, Mountain Comprehensive Health, is about 7.3 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.
Mountain Comprehensive Health in Buckhorn sees patients without an appointment and covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, rapid and conventional HIV, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB in a single visit. Bacterial infections treated same day, everything on a sliding scale, all services provided at no fee.
The fee structure here is operational, not aspirational: sliding-scale assessment bottoms out at zero across every service on the menu: testing, treatment, vaccines, PrEP, PEP, and HIV medical management alike. No service is ring-fenced as the free one while others carry a charge.
Interpretation is integrated into the clinical encounter itself, meaning providers work through qualified interpreters during history-taking, counseling, and treatment planning. Not patched in after the fact. The same care that English-speaking patients receive moves through the same clinical steps, with language access already in place.
Many testing-only clinics hand patients a name and a phone number when prevention medication comes up. Mountain Comprehensive Health prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP directly, including a dedicated PrEP program for uninsured patients, keeping the entire prevention conversation, and the prescription, at the same address as the test.
Languages
English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
Tests offered
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Care services
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Fees & payment
Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Booneville covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and rapid HIV testing, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs: all on a sliding scale, appointments required, and every service provided at no fee.
Sliding-scale clinics routinely still leave a balance for certain services: vaccines, counseling, or the visit itself. At Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Booneville, no service carries a charge: testing, treatment, vaccines, partner notification, and needle exchange are all provided at no cost.
For anyone without a regular provider, or paying out of pocket and needing a complete picture, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Booneville tests for herpes alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, so the panel doesn't leave a clinically relevant gap that requires a separate visit to fill.
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English
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Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
A public safety-net rural health clinic about 10 miles from Houston. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
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 7 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Houston, 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 Breathitt 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.
826 Ky Highway 11 North, Booneville, KY 41314
CMS-certified lab
200 Mulberry Street, Suite B, Booneville, KY 41314
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
540 Jett Drive, Jackson, KY 41339
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Houston. 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, 65 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Houston. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 6 offer telehealth.
Gary Turner, MD
Family medicine · 826 Ky Hwy 11 North, Booneville
Bhoodev Sharma, MD
Family medicine · 540 Jett Drive, Jackson
June Abadilla, MD
Internal medicine · 12 Jackson Hts, Jackson
Clemente Zulueta, MD
Internal medicine · 726 Hwy 15 North, Jackson
Asma Murad, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 270 1st Street, Chavies
Everett Horn, MD
OB-GYN · 424 Jett Drive, Jackson
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 Houston, KY 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.
Complete Care Pharmacy of Booneville
8.9 miMCHC Owsley County Pharmacy
9.0 miBooneville Discount Drugs
9.5 miOwsley Prescription Center
9.8 miPej
10 miJackson Apothecary
10 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Houston, KY.
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 Houston, 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
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
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
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 Breathitt County, the county that includes Houston, compare with Kentucky and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~18% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#116 of 120 Kentucky counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 3% of the state
| Infection | Breathitt County | Kentucky | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 92.6 12 cases ▼ 76% | 381.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | — no data | 134.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 7.7 1 cases ▼ 45% | 14.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 14.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 15.4 2 cases ▼ 19% | 18.9 | 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 Breathitt County, chlamydia has fallen from 94.8 to 92.6 per 100,000 (2%), gonorrhea has fallen from 29.2 to 7.5 per 100,000 (74%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 7.3 to 7.7 per 100,000 (5%).
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 Breathitt County.
Local HIV snapshot
Federal priority area: Kentucky is one of the U.S. jurisdictions prioritized under the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative: targeted federal funding to expand local HIV testing, PrEP, and prevention.
Breathitt County HIV care continuum (2023)
Breathitt County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 10.4 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Breathitt County residents living with HIV, 100% are in care · 90.9% 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 Breathitt County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Rose Knob rises above Houston, a landmark that reminds residents they're part of a place with history and staying power. That same sense of rootedness, people here tend to build lives over decades, can make health decisions feel personal in ways they might not elsewhere. STI testing in and around Houston listed on this page gives young adults a straightforward way to handle screening without disrupting the fabric of a close-knit community. Confidentiality isn't casual here; it's essential to how care actually works.
Many residents have moved to Houston to settle, raise families, or retire in a landscape that feels stable and private. That stability matters when seeking testing: knowing where to go and trusting that your visit stays between you and the provider removes a real barrier. The testing services available in the area understand that Houston's character (comfortable, established, multigenerational) shapes how people approach their health. Young adults in Houston face the same screening needs as their peers anywhere, and the testing available in and around town reflects that straightforward reality.
Whether someone is passing through or building a long-term life here, accessing care confidentially and without fuss is possible. The providers listed serve the community with an understanding of who lives here and what matters to them.
Getting there
At 3.29/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Houston 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 41314 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 41314 area around Houston: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Houston alone.
Houston sits in Breathitt County, ZIP 41314. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Major routes
Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Houston? 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 Breathitt County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Kentucky 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 Houston-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 Houston 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Kentucky 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 KentuckySource: 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.
Mountain Comprehensive Health, about 7.3 mi away, with 3 options within 30 miles.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it, and public clinics are free either way.
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.
Breathitt County reported ~93 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Kentucky average.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Kentucky, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Negative is good news, just retest later if the test was soon after a possible exposure.
Your results are part of your HIPAA-protected medical record; you can ask any clinic about its own privacy practices.
Use condoms, test regularly, get the HPV and hep B vaccines, and ask about PrEP for HIV.
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