STD Testing in Middlebourne, WV: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
Tyler County's reported chlamydia runs about 95% lower than the US average. If you've had a recent risk or simply test on a regular schedule in Middlebourne, West Virginia, you have options: community and public clinics are often low-cost or free, while private labs tend to offer faster results and more flexible scheduling. Check your options below.
6 testing options are listed for Middlebourne, WV. The nearest, Community Care of New Martinsville, is about 11.4 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 11.4 miles
Community Care of New Martinsville
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 31 reviews
Community Care of New Martinsville serves residents who are uninsured, cash-paying, or simply between providers. Exactly the people federal qualification was built for. Sliding-scale fees adjust to income, and walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening without an appointment.
Wetzel-Tyler Health Department in New Martinsville tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. All free of charge regardless of income. Sliding-scale fees apply to additional services, and an appointment is required. Bacterial STIs are treated the same visit.
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Every Test and Service Costs Zero Dollars
Wetzel-Tyler Health Department carries no charge for any service it provides: HIV testing, hepatitis screening, STI treatment, and hepatitis A and B vaccination are all covered at no cost. That blanket eliminates the fee calculation before a patient ever books an appointment.
Hepatitis B and C Screening Alongside the Standard Panel
The panel at Wetzel-Tyler includes hepatitis B and hepatitis C alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. Meaning a single appointment surfaces infections that would otherwise require a separate visit elsewhere. Hepatitis B vaccination is also available on-site to close any immunity gap the test reveals.
Tests & treatsSliding-scale
Address
10 Howard Jeffers Drive, New Martinsville, WV 26155
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 11 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Middlebourne, 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
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 Middlebourne, WV
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Tyler 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.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Middlebourne. 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 Middlebourne, WV who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 52 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Middlebourne. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 16 offer telehealth.
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Christy Clark, MD
Internal medicine · 314 South Wells Street, Sistersville
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 Middlebourne, WV
No pharmacy near Middlebourne, WV 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.
Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Middlebourne, WV.
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 Middlebourne, 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
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions 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 Tyler County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Tyler County, the county that includes Middlebourne, compare with West Virginia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~21% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#55 of 55 West Virginia counties for chlamydia, among the lowest in the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Tyler County vs West Virginia vs U.S.
Tyler CountyWest VirginiaU.S.▲▼ = Tyler County vs the state average
Infection
Tyler County
West Virginia
United States
Chlamydia
25.32 cases▼ 90%
249
492.2
Gonorrhea
12.61 cases▼ 77%
54.7
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
12.61 cases▲ 16%
10.9
15.8
Syphilis (early)
12.61 cases▲ 107%
6.1
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
— no data
16.3
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 Tyler County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▼ 79% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Tyler County, chlamydia has fallen from 180.4 to 25.3 per 100,000 (86%), gonorrhea has fallen from 24.1 to 12.6 per 100,000 (48%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 12 to 12.6 per 100,000 (5%).
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 Middlebourne, WV
Adults uninsured
7.9%
No routine checkup
17.8%
No transportation
8.1%
Binge drinking
12.9%
Frequent mental distress
20.1%
Depression
29.7%
Below poverty line
15.7%
Primary-care ratio
4,078 : 1
Tyler County
Primary-care shortage score 17 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 57.8
Social Vulnerability Index · 13th 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 Tyler County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Tyler County (2023)
New diagnoses (2023)
0cases countywide
PrEP users / 100k
73
Tyler County HIV care continuum (2023)
Tyler County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 6.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Tyler County residents living with HIV, 100% are in care · 66.7% 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 Tyler County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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WV 18, whether you know it as Main Street through town or the Sistersville & Salem Turnpike stretching outward, is the artery that organizes most trips out of Middlebourne, and a clinic visit means committing to that drive. Nearly seven in ten residents own their homes here, which speaks to a settled, rooted community, but the roughly three in ten who rent do so at some of the lowest rents in the state. A cost reality that keeps monthly budgets tight even when housing itself is affordable. Either way, an unplanned half-day on the road is a real ask.
Just under half the adult population is in the workforce at any given point, which means schedules in Middlebourne run the full range (shift-based, seasonal, or irregular) rather than the predictable nine-to-five that makes appointment-keeping easy. For young adults, people in their late teens and twenties who statistically face the greatest exposure risk for STIs, the combination of limited local options and a real drive to reach the clinics listed on this page makes it worth planning ahead rather than waiting for a convenient moment that may not come. Middlebourne's households tend to be larger than average, and with more than a third of adults married, many people are navigating sexual health as part of a shared life. Routine screening fits that reality plainly, one less thing to wonder about.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Middlebourne, WV
Walkability4.5 / 20 · Least walkable
At 4.5/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Middlebourne 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 26149 snapshot
Residents
2,330
Median age
46.3
Median income
$60,750
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 26149 area around Middlebourne: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Middlebourne alone.
Middlebourne sits in Tyler County, ZIP 26149. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Owlshead
Major routes
WV 18 (Main Street)
Nearby cities & towns
Nearby cities and towns near Middlebourne, WV
Just outside Middlebourne? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Middlebourne, WV: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Tyler County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under West Virginia law. If you have symptoms right now, our confidential symptom checker maps them to the tests worth considering.
Who should test, and when
CDC 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 Middlebourne-area provider.
Medicare 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 Middlebourne 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 West Virginia
Minor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on West 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).
Can a minor consent on their own?
In West Virginia, 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)
West 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.
