Gonorrhea in Mifflin County runs about 93% lower than the US average. If you live in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, and you're wondering whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, you have choices: 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 some testing options below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Lewistown, PA. The nearest, Pennsylvania Department of Health, is about 0.1 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.
Pennsylvania Department of Health in Lewistown covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections when needed. All at no charge, sliding-scale applied to everyone, by appointment.
Without a primary care relationship, getting tested and treated in the same visit, at no cost, closes a gap that would otherwise mean separate appointments and separate bills. Pennsylvania Department of Health in Lewistown absorbs the full expense of testing, bacterial STI treatment, and HPV and hepatitis vaccines for anyone who walks through the door.
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Listing verified Nov 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Family Planning Plus in Lewistown tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis C. Every test and STI treatment on a sliding scale that bottoms out at no charge, with bacterial infections treated the same visit. An appointment is required.
At Family Planning Plus, the sliding scale doesn't just reach low. It reaches zero. Testing, STI treatment, counseling, and prevention services all carry a no-fee option, meaning the full scope of what the clinic offers is available without a dollar changing hands.
The clinic runs hepatitis C antibody testing alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. Five infections covered in a single appointment. Hepatitis C and HIV are both managed through ongoing care pathways rather than resolved in one visit, but the diagnostic work starts here.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Crossroads Pregnancy Center in Lewistown runs STI testing by appointment, covering gonorrhea and chlamydia with treatment available and no fee attached to any service. Every step from testing through care is free.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Primary Health Network in Lewistown is a community health center where STI care sits alongside full primary care: meaning gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis C are tested on a sliding-scale fee, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and an appointment required.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Broad Top Area Medical Center in Belleville schedules appointments for STI care, so come prepared to book ahead, but that single visit covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, plus TB, with fees on a sliding scale and insurance or Medicaid accepted.
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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 Lewistown, 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 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 Mifflin 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.
Laboratory Administration (Mailcode 46-41), Lewistown, PA 17044
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
Showing the nearest 1 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Lewistown. 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, 199 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Lewistown. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 56 offer telehealth.
Sowmya Pinnamaneni, MD
Internal medicine · 400 Highland Avenue, Lewistown
Srinivasa Narayanaswamy, MD
Internal medicine · 400 Highland Avenue, Lewistown
Sean Burke, DO
Family medicine · 16 West Market Street, Lewistown
Scott Andrews, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 21 Geisinger Lane, Lewistown
Anthony Mazza, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 224 North Logan Boulevard, Burnham
Natalia Hanson, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 10 Gateway Drive, Reedsville
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 Lewistown, PA 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.
Medicine Shoppe
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0.1 mi Geisinger Pharmacy
0.9 miWeis Pharmacy
2.2 miShowing the 4 closest pharmacies to Lewistown, PA.
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 Lewistown, 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
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
$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
How reported STI rates in Mifflin County, the county that includes Lewistown, compare with Pennsylvania and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~26% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#28 of 67 Pennsylvania counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 58% of the state
| Infection | Mifflin County | Pennsylvania | United States |
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| Chlamydia | 233 107 cases ▼ 45% | 421.2 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 13.1 6 cases ▼ 91% | 144.7 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 2.2 1 cases ▼ 76% | 9.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 4.4 2 cases ▼ 57% | 10.3 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 13.1 6 cases ▲ 15% | 11.4 | 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.
Between 2020 and 2023 in Mifflin County, chlamydia has fallen from 286.1 to 233 per 100,000 (19%), gonorrhea has fallen from 19.5 to 13.1 per 100,000 (33%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 2.2 to 2.2 per 100,000.
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 Mifflin County.
Local HIV snapshot
Mifflin County HIV care continuum (2023)
Mifflin County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 8.3 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Mifflin County residents living with HIV, 87.9% are in care · 51.5% 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 Mifflin County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Monument Square anchors Lewistown with the kind of settled, brick-and-mortar permanence that makes the town feel older than its challenges, but getting tested here still means a car trip for most people, since the blocks radiating out along East Market Street and West Market Street aren't built for foot traffic to a clinic. That access gap lands hardest on the people who most need routine screening: younger adults moving through their late teens and twenties, forming new relationships and changing circumstances. With rent running under $700 a month and fewer than one in fifteen households clearing six figures, there's real budget pressure at play. A test that costs nothing is still an obstacle when it's fifteen minutes down US 22 BUS and you're part of the majority of Lewistown households that rent rather than own: meaning less flexibility, often fewer cars, and work schedules built around hourly shifts rather than personal appointments.
Nearly four in ten adults here are outside the labor force entirely, and those who are working face unemployment numbers that underscore economic fragility rather than cushion it. The options listed on this page include low-cost and sliding-scale sites, which matters when a household budget is already stretched thin. Finding one that's open outside standard business hours, or that sits close to River Walk Park and the corridors people already travel, is the practical variable worth checking first.
Getting there
At 8.5/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Lewistown 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 17044 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 17044 area around Lewistown: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Lewistown alone.
Lewistown sits in Mifflin County, ZIP 17044. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Lewistown? 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 Mifflin County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Pennsylvania 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 |
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| 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 Lewistown-area provider.
| Infection | Earliest reliable test | Sample |
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| 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 Lewistown 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 |
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| 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Pennsylvania 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 PennsylvaniaSource: 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.
Yes, several local labs offer same-day walk-in testing; best to call first.
Usually yes, it can be billed to insurance, or paid out of pocket at a flat rate.
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.
Mifflin County reported ~233 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Pennsylvania average.
In Pennsylvania, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
At-home kits mail to 17044: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
No real difference for testing, "STI" is just the current term for what used to be called "STD."
Yes, syphilis is cured with antibiotics (usually penicillin), and earlier treatment prevents long-term damage.
Many STIs are fully cured with antibiotics; others, like HIV and herpes, are well managed with treatment.
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