STD Testing in Lakewood, AL: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
Reported chlamydia in DeKalb County runs about 49% lower than the US average. Whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening, you'll find local clinics and at-home kits for STI testing in Lakewood, Alabama. Visiting a clinic lets a provider answer questions and start treatment, while an at-home kit lets you collect a sample on your own schedule and mail it in — see your options below.
7 testing options are listed for Lakewood, AL. The nearest, Northeast Alabama Health Services, is about 2.5 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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Community health center 2.5 miles
Northeast Alabama Health Services
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Northeast Alabama Health Services in Fort Payne requires an appointment, so scheduling is the entry point: then one visit covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB testing, with STI treatment, HPV and hepatitis vaccines, and family planning, all on a sliding scale.
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No Fee Regardless of What You Bring
Northeast Alabama Health Services has built its entire fee structure around one outcome: no one who walks in pays out of pocket, whatever their insurance status. For someone between jobs, uninsured, or simply paying cash with no employer plan behind them, every test, every vaccine, and every treatment visit at this clinic carries no charge.
Hepatitis Screening Built Into the Same Appointment
Leaving hepatitis off a standard panel means a second appointment somewhere else, another scheduling call, another co-pay, another gap where an infection goes untracked. Northeast Alabama Health Services tests for hepatitis A, B, and C alongside the bacterial and viral STI panel, so nothing gets deferred to a clinic that may or may not have availability.
Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Community health center 5.0 miles
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A safety-net rural health clinic about 5 miles from Lakewood. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
A public safety-net rural health clinic about 7 miles from Lakewood. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Address
1359 Old Water Works Road Southwest, Fort Payne, AL 35968
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 Lakewood, 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 Lakewood, AL
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve DeKalb 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.
Doctors MED Care of Fort Payne
1040 Glenn Boulevard Southwest, Fort Payne, AL 35967
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Lakewood. 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 Lakewood, AL who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 103 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Lakewood. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 29 offer telehealth.
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Katherine Doolittle, MD
Family medicine · 83 George Wallace Drive, Rainsville
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 Lakewood, AL
Compare the pharmacies closest to Lakewood, AL. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
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 Lakewood, 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.
Online treatment
Nurx
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or 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
STDs & HIV in DeKalb County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in DeKalb County, the county that includes Lakewood, compare with Alabama and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~24% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#62 of 67 Alabama counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 7% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, DeKalb County vs Alabama vs U.S.
DeKalb CountyAlabamaU.S.▲▼ = DeKalb County vs the state average
Infection
DeKalb County
Alabama
United States
Chlamydia
249.4181 cases▼ 62%
651.1
492.2
Gonorrhea
48.235 cases▼ 79%
226.9
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
4.13 cases▼ 86%
28.6
15.8
Syphilis (early)
6.95 cases▼ 66%
20.4
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
4.13 cases▼ 83%
24.5
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 DeKalb County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▼ 4% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in DeKalb County, chlamydia has risen from 245.8 to 249.4 per 100,000 (1%), gonorrhea has fallen from 95 to 48.2 per 100,000 (49%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 5.6 to 4.1 per 100,000 (27%).
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 Lakewood, AL
Adults uninsured
15.9%
No routine checkup
21.9%
No transportation
12.4%
Binge drinking
13.9%
Frequent mental distress
19.4%
Depression
26.7%
Below poverty line
22.9%
Primary-care ratio
2,476 : 1
DeKalb County
Primary-care shortage score 15 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 50.8
Social Vulnerability Index · 76th 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 DeKalb County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in DeKalb County (2023)
Federal priority area: Alabama 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.
People living with HIV
119 / 100k
PrEP users / 100k
64
DeKalb County HIV care continuum (2020)
DeKalb County recorded 8.4 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2020), against 16.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among DeKalb County residents living with HIV, 88.4% are in care · 79.7% 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.
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 DeKalb 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 →
Along US 11's Greenhill Boulevard Northwest, where storefronts and side streets mark the rhythm of daily life in Lakewood, young adults striking out on their own for the first time often discover that a new lease and a lapse in health coverage tend to arrive together. That stability is real, but nearly three in ten residents rent, and at roughly $678 a month, tight margins don't leave much for out-of-pocket health costs that feel optional until they aren't. For younger adults still figuring out who covers what on their plan, affordable screening options matter in a very practical way. Getting to any of those options takes a car.
With labor-force participation sitting well below a full employment rate and a meaningful share of households where both partners work, scheduling a clinic visit competes with shifts and commutes rather than convenience alone. The testing locations listed here vary in hours and cost specifically because those variables aren't trivial for everyone driving out toward the DeKalb County VFW Agricultural Fairgrounds side of the county or coming in from Little Mountain. STI rates in DeKalb County follow the national pattern of concentrating in younger adults still forming long-term partnerships, the same life stage when routine screening is least habitual. Having options spread across the area, with fees that reflect what local budgets actually look like, is what keeps a test from being indefinitely postponed.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Lakewood, AL
Walkability5.33 / 20 · Least walkable
At 5.33/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Lakewood 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 35967 snapshot
Residents
17,342
Median age
39.2
Median income
$48,125
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 35967 area around Lakewood: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Lakewood alone.
Lakewood sits in DeKalb County, ZIP 35967. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Cherokee Plantation
Old Rock Schoolhouses
Little Mountain
Dekalb County VFW Agricultural Fairgrounds
Williams Avenue School Athletic Facilities
Valley Head Town Park
Major routes
US 11 (Greenhill Boulevard Northwest)
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near Lakewood, AL
Just outside Lakewood? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Lakewood, AL: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in DeKalb County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Alabama 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 Lakewood-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 Lakewood 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 AlabamaMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on Alabama 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 Alabama, a minor aged 12 or older can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Can my partner be treated too? (EPT)
Alabama 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.
