STD Testing in La Vergne, TN: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
Syphilis rates in Rutherford County are about 45% lower than the US average. Whether testing for a one-time concern or regular check-ups in La Vergne, Tennessee, you can weigh whether to go to a clinic for same-day testing or plan around your own time with a lab or an at-home kit. See your options below.
11 testing options are listed for La Vergne, TN. The nearest, Quest Diagnostics, is about 2.9 miles away. Compare community and public clinics, private labs, and at-home kits below.
How to read these listings
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.
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Quest Diagnostics
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Address
739 President Place, Smyrna, TN 37167 2.9 miles away
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Community health center 2.9 miles
Matthew Walker Comprhensive Health Center - Smyrna
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Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center in Smyrna welcomes walk-in patients for STI screening without scheduling ahead. Federally qualified standing ties fees to a sliding income scale, so a single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing at a cost calibrated to what each patient actually earns.
Connectus Antioch, in Antioch, calibrates its fees to each patient's income as a federally qualified health center. Meaning cost won't block care. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with sliding-scale rates available regardless of ability to pay.
Primary Care & Hope Clinic of Smyrna earned its federally qualified health center designation by anchoring care to a sliding-scale fee structure tied to household income: meaning STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia stays within reach regardless of what someone earns or whether they carry insurance.
Priest Lake Family and Women's Health Center in Nashville meets patients where they are (between providers, paying cash, or working without insurance) through its federally qualified status, which ties fees to income. Sliding-scale STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, and no appointment is required.
Middle Tennessee Internal Medicine Associates in Nashville tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV on a fee-based model that accepts Medicare and most insurance: appointments are required, and bacterial STIs can be treated the same visit.
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PrEP Prescribed Here, No Outside Referral Needed
Middle Tennessee Internal Medicine Associates carries PrEP as a standing service, meaning anyone without a primary care relationship who needs ongoing HIV prevention medication can establish care here and get it prescribed and managed in one place, without piecing together multiple providers.
Tests & treatsPrEP
Address
6005 Nolensville Road, Suite 105 Nashville, TN 37211
Nashville CARES requires an appointment, so scheduling ahead means arriving to a visit that covers rapid and conventional HIV testing, hepatitis C, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia: with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, HPV and hepatitis vaccines, and every service provided at no fee.
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Every Service Carries a Zero-Dollar Price Tag
When cost stays in the equation, people delay testing, skip follow-up, or leave treatment unfinished. Gaps that compound. Nashville CARES removes that entirely: testing, treatment, vaccines, PrEP, PEP, and hepatitis C care are all provided at no charge, to everyone, without exception.
PrEP and PEP Prescribed Directly at Nashville CARES
Nashville CARES prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, which means a person can leave their appointment with an active prevention strategy rather than waiting on an outside provider to get involved.
Hepatitis C Treatment Happens Here, Start to Finish
A hepatitis C diagnosis that ends at a reactive test result, with no clear path to antivirals, leaves chronic liver disease advancing in the background. Nashville CARES delivers full on-site hepatitis C treatment, so a positive rapid test leads directly to care within the same clinic.
Tests & treatsPrEP
Address
442 Metroplex Drive, Building D Nashville, TN 37211
Neighborhood Health @ Welshwood, Nashville, calibrates fees to income so cost isn't a barrier to STI care. As a Title X grantee, it extends legally confidential services to minors seeking family-planning support. Screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with no appointment needed.
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.
The nearest testing center is about 3 miles away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to La Vergne, 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 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
Quest Diagnostics
$79 & up
Panel:
8-infection panel incl. chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, syphilis, hepatitis & herpes: single tests too
Sample:
Quest Mobile: a phlebotomist collects your sample at home
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
Other CLIA-certified labs near La Vergne, TN
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Rutherford 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.
Southeast Tennessee Two Medical Group
2855 Medical Center Pkwy Suite B, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near La Vergne. 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
Clinicians near La Vergne, TN who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 1,402 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of La Vergne. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 416 offer telehealth.
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
Pharmacies near La Vergne, TN
Compare the pharmacies closest to La Vergne, TN. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
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Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to La Vergne, TN.
Directory records identify nearby pharmacies. Service, stock, price, and hours information is shown only when supported by current location-specific evidence.
Prevention & treatment
PrEP, prevention & online treatment
Testing is one step. For residents of La Vergne, 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.
PrEP & DoxyPEP
Mistr
$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
STDs & HIV in Rutherford County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Rutherford County, the county that includes La Vergne, compare with Tennessee and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~30% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#14 of 95 Tennessee counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 85% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Rutherford County vs Tennessee vs U.S.
Rutherford CountyTennesseeU.S.▲▼ = Rutherford County vs the state average
Infection
Rutherford County
Tennessee
United States
Chlamydia
510.21,873 cases▼ 1%
517.4
492.2
Gonorrhea
168.9620 cases▼ 9%
186.4
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
8.732 cases▼ 41%
14.8
15.8
Syphilis (early)
9.836 cases▼ 15%
11.5
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
14.252 cases▼ 46%
26.4
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.
Reported STD rates in Rutherford County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▼ 11% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Rutherford County, chlamydia has fallen from 564.6 to 510.2 per 100,000 (10%), gonorrhea has fallen from 223.4 to 168.9 per 100,000 (24%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 6.7 to 8.7 per 100,000 (30%).
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
What shapes testing access in and around La Vergne, TN
Adults uninsured
16%
No routine checkup
24.5%
Binge drinking
15.4%
Frequent mental distress
20.9%
Depression
26.2%
Below poverty line
11.7%
Primary-care ratio
2,287 : 1
Rutherford County
Primary-care shortage score 18 / 26
Social Vulnerability Index · 43rd percentile nationally
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 Rutherford County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Rutherford County (2023)
People living with HIV
251 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
41cases countywide
On PrEP (coverage)
38.3%
Rutherford County HIV care continuum (2023)
Rutherford County recorded 13.5 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 14.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Rutherford County residents living with HIV, 81.8% are in care · 73.9% 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.
Pregnant or planning to be?Congenital syphilis is the fastest-rising STI: what to test, and when
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 Rutherford County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Compiled and checked by EasySTD's editorial team against CDC and public-health sources. This is educational information, not a substitute for advice from a licensed clinician. Our editorial guidelines →
Gregory Mill Dam Park sits on the quieter edge of La Vergne, the kind of spot that makes the city feel more settled than its location along Murfreesboro Pike might suggest. That scheduling pressure is real. With nearly three-quarters of residents in the labor force and average households well above three people, most adults in La Vergne are coordinating work, family, and commutes simultaneously. Young adults in their late teens and twenties make up a substantial share of the population, and for that group, the window to act on a test intention tends to close fast when appointments require driving across county lines mid-week.
Neighborhoods like St. Johns Wood and Hunter's Point are family-oriented and predominantly owner-occupied, which means many residents have roots here but fewer flexible midday hours than someone with a remote job or irregular shifts. On cost: just under a quarter of households clear six figures, which means sliding-scale fees and low-cost options listed here carry real weight for the majority. For the roughly one in four residents who rents at current La Vergne rates, a clinic visit with upfront fees can genuinely compete with monthly budget priorities.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in La Vergne, TN
Walkability7.03 / 20 · Below average
At 7.03/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in La Vergne 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 37086 snapshot
Residents
37,786
Median age
32.3
Median income
$79,285
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 37086 area around La Vergne: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not La Vergne alone.
La Vergne sits in Rutherford County, ZIP 37086. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Sanford Knob
Britton Hill
Moor Hill
Gregory Mill Dam Park
Bald Knob
Veterans Memorial Park
Neighborhoods & communities
Smyrna Airport Business Park
St. Johns Wood
Hunter's Point
Johnstown
Smyrna
Living Springs
Cedar Forest
Woodhaven
Major routes
Murfreesboro Pike
US 41, US 70S (Murfreesboro Road)
South Lowry Street
SR 266 (Sam Ridley Parkway)
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near La Vergne, TN
Just outside La Vergne? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in La Vergne, TN: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Rutherford County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Tennessee law. If you have symptoms right now, our confidential symptom checker maps them to the tests worth considering.
Who should test, and whenCDC screening schedule + each infection's detection window
Who should get tested, and how often
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
When to test: STD detection windows
Testing too early can return a false negative, confirm timing with a La Vergne-area provider.
What each STD test costsMedicare reference prices per lab test, a benchmark before you pay out of pocket
These are the federal Medicare reference prices for processing each lab test. Public clinics and the community health centers serving La Vergne 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.
Confidentiality & consent in TennesseeMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on Tennessee 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).
Can a minor consent on their own?
In Tennessee, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Can my partner be treated too? (EPT)
Tennessee 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.
