New HIV diagnoses in Dinwiddie County run about 79% higher than the US average. Whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind in McKenney, Virginia, your testing options range from cost-effective public clinics to faster private labs, or the convenience of at-home kits. See your choices below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for McKenney, VA. The nearest, Virginia Department of Health, is about 9.9 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.
Virginia Department of Health in Dinwiddie requires an appointment, so scheduling ahead delivers a single visit covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, plus same-visit bacterial treatment. All at no cost, with sliding-scale fees for any additional charges.
Sliding-scale clinics still leave some patients with a balance. At Virginia Department of Health in Dinwiddie, the fee schedule bottoms out at zero for every service offered (testing, treatment, vaccines, and counseling) with no service carved out as an exception.
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (taken within 72 hours of condomless sex to reduce risk of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis) is available directly through Virginia Department of Health in Dinwiddie, meaning the medication itself is part of the visit, not a separate errand.
Many STI panels stop at gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. Virginia Department of Health in Dinwiddie adds herpes, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C to the same visit. Infections that would otherwise require a separate appointment or specialist referral elsewhere.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Dinwiddie Medical Center and Counseling Center, in Dinwiddie, meets patients where insurance gaps, rural distance, and cash-pay realities often leave people without a clear path to care. Its federally qualified standing ties fees to income, making syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening genuinely reachable. No appointment needed.
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Central Virginia Health Services in Alberta runs entirely without fees: HIV and hepatitis C testing are free, and the full sliding-scale applies to everything else, accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. The panel covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB; appointments are required.
Central Virginia Health Services operates under a structure where no service carries a charge to the patient, not testing, not treatment, not counseling. Staffing, clinical overhead, and administrative costs are absorbed institutionally, so sliding-scale and free tiers apply across the board without exception.
Interpretation services are available for non-English languages at Central Virginia Health Services, which means symptom history and treatment instructions are captured in the language a patient actually uses. Reducing the chance of a missed detail affecting care decisions.
Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, Central Virginia Health Services runs herpes testing and a hepatitis panel covering both B and C. Clinically, that means serology for herpes simplex and hepatitis antibody and antigen work are ordered and processed through the same visit, with hepatitis B treatment available on-site.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · 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 about 10 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to McKenney, 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 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.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 147 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of McKenney. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 48 offer telehealth.
Amanda Russell, MD
Family medicine · 13855 Courthouse Road, Dinwiddie
Michael Reynolds, MD
Family medicine · 8380 Boydton Plank Road, Alberta
Matthew Paine, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 213 North Main Street, Blackstone
Mazen Madhoun, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 900 South Main Street, Blackstone
Caleb Southall, MD
Family medicine · 5609 Claiborne Road, Sutherland
William Harrison, MD
Family medicine · 319 West Church Street, Lawrenceville
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 McKenney, VA 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.
Dinwiddie Drug Store
10 mi
16 mi Spencers Drug Store
17 mi
18 mi Petersburg Pharmacy
20 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to McKenney, VA.
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 McKenney, 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 $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
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
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 Dinwiddie County, the county that includes McKenney, compare with Virginia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~17% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#40 of 133 Virginia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 70% of the state
| Infection | Dinwiddie County | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 444.6 126 cases ▼ 6% | 472.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 112.9 32 cases ▼ 29% | 158.3 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 10.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 9.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 14.1 4 cases ▼ 11% | 15.8 | 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 Dinwiddie County, chlamydia has fallen from 468.7 to 444.6 per 100,000 (5%), gonorrhea has fallen from 153.9 to 112.9 per 100,000 (27%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 14.3 to 14.2 per 100,000 (1%).
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 Dinwiddie County.
Local HIV snapshot
Dinwiddie County HIV care continuum (2023)
Dinwiddie County recorded 24.5 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 11.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Dinwiddie County residents living with HIV, 86.7% are in care · 80% 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 Dinwiddie County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Gunns Hill sits at the kind of crossroads that feels permanent: modest homes valued well below state medians, multigenerational households larger than most Virginia averages, and a majority of residents who own their property outright enough to have roots here. Nearly half of residents rent, and at rents that still stretch thin when other costs press in. Those conditions shape how realistic it is for younger adults, people in their late teens and twenties building out lives along VA 40 or US 1, to act on a decision to get screened.
With so few households in the higher-income bracket, out-of-pocket costs aren't abstract; they're the actual reason a visit gets delayed or skipped. The options listed on this page vary enough in fee structure and hours that distance along Boydton Plank Road isn't the only variable worth checking. For a renting household here, carrying $877 a month and an unemployment rate that touches real numbers of neighbors, the sliding-scale or no-cost options among the listings on this page are worth filtering for first, before distance.
Getting there
At 1.33/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in McKenney 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 23872 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 23872 area around McKenney: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not McKenney alone.
McKenney sits in Dinwiddie County, ZIP 23872. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside McKenney? 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 Dinwiddie County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Virginia 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 McKenney-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 McKenney 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 Virginia 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 Virginia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Virginia 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 VirginiaSource: 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.
Virginia Department of Health, about 9.9 mi away, with 7 options within 30 miles.
Usually yes, it can be billed to insurance, or paid out of pocket at a flat rate.
Public clinics serve people without insurance, often on a sliding scale.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Dinwiddie County reported ~445 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Virginia average.
In Virginia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Untreated chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and fertility problems, caught early, it's cured with antibiotics.
Reputable kits use the same lab methods as clinics; any positive should be confirmed and treated by a provider.
Often, yes, especially throat and rectal infections, which is why site-specific testing matters.
Reassuring if you tested after the window, just retest if it was early, and screen again with new partners.
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