Cases of syphilis in Walker County are about 69% lower than the national average. If you're in Huntsville, Texas and need testing after a possible exposure or as part of routine care, clinics can answer questions and start treatment, while at-home kits let you collect a sample on your schedule. You can explore these options below.
Available testing centers
11 testing options are listed for Huntsville, TX. The nearest, Clinical Pathology Labs, is about 0.5 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.
Lone Star Family Health Center brings family-practice depth to STI care in Huntsville, covering the full standard panel with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, walk-ins welcome, and fees scaled to income. All with Spanish-language care on-site.
When a language gap cuts across a diagnosis conversation, the result is incomplete understanding, and incomplete follow-through on treatment. At Lone Star Family Health Center, STI counseling, treatment, and prevention education are carried through in Spanish by the clinic itself, so nothing critical gets condensed or left out.
Lone Star Family Health Center's panel extends to herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Practical for anyone without a regular primary-care provider who needs a single appointment to cover real exposure concerns, not just the four infections most walk-in sites address. Hepatitis C and HIV are managed on-site as well.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Lone Star Family Health Center - Willis meets patients where they are (uninsured, cash-paying, or caught between providers) through federally qualified status that anchors sliding-scale fees to income. Walk-ins can access syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening without an appointment, with costs scaled to what each person can pay.
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HealthPoint - Trinity welcomes patients in Trinity regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, making it a practical answer for anyone navigating care without coverage or paying out of pocket. As a federally qualified health center, it offers sliding-scale STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
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HealthPoint in Madisonville tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C on a sliding-scale fee structure accepted by Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. Appointments are required; bacterial infections can be treated the same visit, and care is delivered in Spanish.
Tracking down separate appointments for herpes or hepatitis testing, and paying twice, is the gap HealthPoint closes. Gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV come standard, but so do herpes, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, resolved in one visit rather than scattered across providers.
HealthPoint prescribes and manages PrEP, daily oral tenofovir-based therapy that reduces HIV acquisition risk, directly, meaning the monitoring labs, refills, and clinical oversight stay with the same provider. PEP is also available for post-exposure prevention when the timing still allows for it.
For someone whose primary language is Spanish and who has no regular English-speaking provider, HealthPoint delivers the clinical encounter (history, results, treatment decisions, and PrEP counseling) directly in Spanish, so nothing critical depends on translation after the fact.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Health Center of Southeast Texas - Livingston, serving Livingston, anchors its STI services in a federally qualified model where fees adjust to what patients actually earn. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening.
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Montgomery County Public Health District in Conroe operates as the county's public health arm, folding gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing into a department that also handles TB screening and treatment. Fees scale to income, Medicaid and Medicare are accepted, and an appointment is required.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Saint Hope Foundation in Conroe is a community health organization where the full STI panel (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B and C, and TB) is available by appointment, with sliding-scale fees that reach zero cost for everyone.
When cost stops someone from returning for treatment or follow-up labs, the gap between diagnosis and care widens, and infections persist. At Saint Hope Foundation, every service on the menu, from the initial rapid HIV test to hepatitis C treatment to STI counseling, is provided at no charge, closing that gap entirely.
When a visit depends on a last-minute workaround for language, clinical nuance gets lost. Symptoms described imprecisely, treatment instructions half-understood. Saint Hope Foundation delivers care in Spanish directly, meaning the same conversation about exposure, symptoms, and next steps happens in full, without loss.
Saint Hope Foundation prescribes both PrEP and PEP in-house and manages the ongoing lab monitoring, the regular HIV and kidney-function tests, that keeping someone safely on PrEP requires. The prescribing clinician and the testing infrastructure are the same appointment, not separate systems.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · 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 Huntsville, 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 range: couples & full panels
$79 & 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 Walker 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.
540 Interstate 45 South, Huntsville, TX 77340
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
110 Memorial Hospital Drive, Huntsville, TX 77340
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
264 Fm 3478 Road, Huntsville, TX 77320
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
130 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 3, Huntsville, TX 77340
CMS-certified lab
27 Highway 75 North, Huntsville, TX 77320
CMS-certified lab
Showing the nearest 5 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Huntsville. 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, 166 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Huntsville. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 53 offer telehealth.
Walter Toronjo, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 521 Ih 45, Huntsville
Laxman Kalvakuntla, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 110 Memorial Hospital Drive, Huntsville
Trey Young, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 119 Medical Park Lane, Huntsville
Ankur Sarkar, MD
Internal medicine · 119 Medical Park Lane, Huntsville
Fahad Javed, MD
Internal medicine · 102 Medical Park Ln A, Huntsville
Paula Bryant, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 102 Medical Park Lane, Huntsville
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 Huntsville, TX 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.
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
0.5 miAurra Pharmacy
0.6 mi
0.6 mi McNease Drugs
0.7 mi
0.9 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Huntsville, TX.
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 Huntsville, 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
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 $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 Walker County, the county that includes Huntsville, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~43% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#31 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 88% of the state
| Infection | Walker County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 563.6 458 cases ▲ 15% | 491.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 155 126 cases ▼ 12% | 176.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 4.9 4 cases ▼ 67% | 15 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 46.8 38 cases ▲ 77% | 26.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 142.7 116 cases ▲ 222% | 44.3 | 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 Walker County, chlamydia has fallen from 606 to 563.6 per 100,000 (7%), gonorrhea has fallen from 155.8 to 155 per 100,000 (1%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 7.9 to 4.9 per 100,000 (38%).
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 Walker County.
Local HIV snapshot
Walker County HIV care continuum (2023)
Walker County recorded 49.4 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 20.2 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Walker County residents living with HIV, 51.2% are in care · 40.7% 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 Walker County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Smith Hill residents know the calendar math well: most households here rent rather than own, leases renew on someone else's schedule, and with fewer than half of adults actively in the labor force, the people who are working often carry irregular or demanding hours that leave midweek appointments looking impossible. That combination, a largely transient rental population with tight budgets around the $899 monthly mark, means health tasks that require planning tend to get postponed rather than skipped outright. Huntsville's young adult population is strikingly large, and that matters because people in their late teens and twenties are the years when STI transmission peaks and when a positive result caught early is most straightforwardly treated.
With fewer than one in ten households reaching six-figure income, cost is a real filter: an appointment that carries an out-of-pocket fee competes directly with rent. The options listed on this page include a range of fee structures, which removes at least part of that calculation for residents comparing what's realistic. That range is what makes follow-through plausible for the Peckerwood Hill side of town as much as anywhere else.
Getting there
At 6.1/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Huntsville 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 77320 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 77320 area around Huntsville: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Huntsville alone.
Huntsville sits in Walker County, ZIP 77320. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Huntsville? 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 Walker County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Texas 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 Huntsville-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 Huntsville 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 Texas 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 Texas, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Texas 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 TexasSource: 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 11 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.
Walker County reported ~564 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Texas average.
In Texas, 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.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
At-home kits mail to 77320: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
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.
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