Chlamydia cases in Rock County run about 66% lower than the national average. Whether you're planning to start a new relationship or need ongoing care in Luverne, Minnesota, options include public clinics for affordability, private labs for quick results, and at-home kits for convenience. Check the list below to weigh these options.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Luverne, MN. The nearest, Sanford Health Laboratories, is about 1.4 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.
Sanford Health in Luverne runs by appointment, and each scheduled visit covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing alongside HPV and hepatitis vaccines, same-visit bacterial treatment, and sliding-scale fees accepted across all income levels.
Sanford Health in Luverne prescribes both PrEP and PEP on-site, which means prevention medication is managed by the same clinical team handling your testing: no separate referral chain, no gap between diagnosis and next steps.
Many clinics test for hepatitis C antibodies and stop there, leaving patients to find treatment elsewhere. At Sanford Health in Luverne, hepatitis C treatment is provided on-site. The diagnosis and the care stay with the same clinical team.
The standard four-infection panel leaves hepatitis untested entirely. Sanford Health in Luverne adds hepatitis A, B, and C to the testing lineup, and pairs that with treatment for hepatitis B and C and vaccines for A and B at the same location.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
South Dakota Department of Health in Sioux Falls tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB: all at no charge, including free hepatitis B and C testing specifically. Bacterial STIs are treated same visit; appointments are required.
Whether you're paying cash, uninsured, or simply without a regular provider, every test, vaccine, and treatment at South Dakota Department of Health in Sioux Falls carries no charge. TB treatment, DoxyPEP, HPV and hepatitis vaccines. The full scope runs on the same $0 basis.
Many public health clinics handle non-English speakers through external services that fragment the visit. South Dakota Department of Health in Sioux Falls provides interpretation directly, so counseling, test results, and prevention education happen in real time, with the same clinician, not routed through a separate channel.
DoxyPEP, doxycycline taken within 72 hours of potential bacterial STI exposure, is prescribed and managed at South Dakota Department of Health in Sioux Falls, not referred elsewhere. Clinicians handle the prescription, dosing guidance, and follow-up monitoring as part of the standard care workflow.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 24 miles from Luverne. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Falls Community Health in Sioux Falls covers the full bacterial and viral panel (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis A, B, and C, herpes, and rapid or conventional HIV) treats bacterial infections the same visit, and runs everything on a sliding scale, with all services available at no fee.
Sliding-scale clinics almost always land somewhere above zero, a reduced bill is still a bill. Falls Community Health charges nothing for any service it provides, so the sliding scale bottoms out completely rather than arriving at a copay.
Ryan White funding at Falls Community Health means a positive HIV result doesn't end the clinical relationship, it deepens it. The same site that runs the test manages ongoing HIV medical treatment, so care continues without transferring to a separate provider.
Falls Community Health prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, with the lab monitoring, routine HIV and kidney-function testing, handled in-house on the same visit as a prescription review, keeping the clinical oversight continuous rather than scattered across providers.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
South Dakota Urban Indian Health in Sioux Falls is a community-rooted health organization where STI care sits alongside TB, family planning, and chronic disease management: the full bacterial panel is treated same-visit, fees slide on income, and appointments are required. PrEP and PEP are both available on-site.
Many clinics test for HIV and hand off prevention to a separate prescriber. South Dakota Urban Indian Health writes PrEP prescriptions directly, keeping the conversation about ongoing prevention, and PEP when timing demands it, within the same clinical relationship rather than split across providers.
Hepatitis C treatment at South Dakota Urban Indian Health is an active clinical service, not a diagnostic endpoint. Prescribing and management happen in-house, which means the gap between a reactive antibody result and a completed treatment course doesn't require a separate specialist relationship.
The testing menu at South Dakota Urban Indian Health includes herpes and hepatitis A and B alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid HIV. A broader baseline that surfaces infections the four-pathogen standard panel leaves undetected and that carry distinct treatment or vaccination implications.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
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 1 mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Luverne, 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 value: single tests
$49 & up
Best for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 Rock 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.
1600 North Kniss Avenue, Luverne, MN 56156
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Luverne. 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, 302 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Luverne. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 38 offer telehealth.
Jodi Scott, MD
OB-GYN · 1601 Sioux Valley Drive, Luverne
Diane Kennedy, MD
Family medicine · 201 Maine Avenue, Adrian
Matthew Witte, MD
Urology · 104 Buncombe Drive, Rock Rapids
Michael Stotz, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 916 Holder Street, Larchwood
Elizabeth Miller, MD
OB-GYN · 5920 East Madison Street, Sioux Falls
Dominique Boudreau Boadwine, MD
OB-GYN · 1600 South Highline Avenue, Sioux Falls
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 Luverne, MN 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.
Lewis Family Drug L L C
0.1 miShopko Pharmacy 747
1.2 miSterling 20
14 miKroon Community Drug
14 miFamily Drug
15 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Luverne, MN.
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 Luverne, 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 $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
$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 Rock County, the county that includes Luverne, compare with Minnesota 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.
#66 of 87 Minnesota counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 24% of the state
| Infection | Rock County | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 167.5 16 cases ▼ 56% | 379.5 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 52.4 5 cases ▼ 61% | 134.5 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 8.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 6.7 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 31.4 3 cases ▲ 114% | 14.7 | 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 Rock County, chlamydia has fallen from 257.6 to 167.5 per 100,000 (35%), gonorrhea has fallen from 92.7 to 52.4 per 100,000 (43%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 10.5 to 10.5 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 Rock County.
Local HIV snapshot
Rock County HIV care continuum (2022)
Rock County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 6.7 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Rock County residents living with HIV, 50% are in care · 33.3% 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 Rock County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
US 75, South Kniss Avenue stretching out toward the county line, frames the reality of getting tested in Luverne: the options listed on this page require a real drive, not a short walk. For a town where most residents own their homes and have planted roots here for the long term, that drive is just a known cost of accessing most specialized services, absorbed into the routine the way a trip to a regional clinic always has been. What matters more, practically, is that Luverne's working population is largely employed and keeping households running. The kind of schedule where a weekday morning appointment competes with actual job hours.
Young adults in their late teens and twenties, the years when STI exposure is statistically most concentrated, are often the least settled into that pattern: renting rather than owning, working variable hours, managing a life that hasn't yet locked into predictable rhythms. For them, the lower-cost options among the listings here carry real weight, especially against a rental market where budgets are already stretched thin. The majority of Luverne households are married couples sharing a home with children or extended family, a household texture where one person's undetected infection has direct consequences for others living under the same roof. Screening, in that context, is less an individual errand than a quiet household decision.
Getting there
At 6.74/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Luverne 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 56156 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 56156 area around Luverne: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Luverne alone.
Luverne sits in Rock County, ZIP 56156. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Luverne? 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 Rock County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Minnesota 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 Luverne-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 Luverne 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Minnesota 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 MinnesotaSource: 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.
Rock County reported ~168 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Minnesota average.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Minnesota, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
Yes, the HPV vaccine prevents the types most linked to cancer and genital warts; it's recommended through age 26 (and some adults to 45).
Yes, when FDA-approved and used correctly, follow up any positive with a confirmatory lab test.
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