Jefferson County reports about 466 chlamydia cases per 100,000 residents, near the US average. If you need testing in Monticello, Florida, whether for possible exposure or routine care, consider both community clinics and private labs for your needs: clinics offer low-cost or free testing, while labs provide faster results and scheduling flexibility. We list the options below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Monticello, FL. The nearest, Little Pine Pediatrics, is about 0.3 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.
A safety-net rural health clinic in Monticello. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Florida Department of Health in Jefferson County, in Monticello, runs its full STI program at no charge: HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and herpes testing alongside HPV and hepatitis vaccines, all on a sliding-scale structure that also accepts Medicaid and Medicare. Appointments are required.
Sliding-scale fees bottom out at nothing here, and for HIV testing that floor is explicit. A free test is a named, standing offering. Medicaid and Medicare are accepted for those carrying coverage, meaning the fee structure accommodates the full range of financial circumstances without carving out exceptions.
Spanish is a supported language for services at this clinic, which means clinical conversations (exposure history, treatment decisions, follow-up instructions) happen directly in Spanish, keeping accuracy and continuity in the same appointment.
Alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, this clinic tests for herpes. A serological screening that detects HSV antibodies. That fifth test is ordered and processed within the same visit structure as the rest of the panel, not scheduled separately.
Languages
English, Spanish
Tests offered
Serves
Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 1 mile from Monticello. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
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 Monticello, 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, 322 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Monticello. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 60 offer telehealth.
Chantel Tessmer
Family medicine · 1780 North Jefferson Highway, Monticello
Andrea Sciberras, DO
Internal medicine · 1255 West Washington Street, Monticello
Robert Deem, MD
Family medicine · 1549 South Jefferson Street, Monticello
Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews, MD
Family medicine · 4449 Meandering Way, Tallahassee
Misty Gangar
Family medicine · 915 Gordon Avenue, Thomasville
Elving Colon, MD
Family medicine · 951 South Broad Street, Thomasville
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 Monticello, FL 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.
0.6 mi Jacksons Drugs of Monticello
15 miThomas Drug Store
18 mi
18 mi Showing the 4 closest pharmacies to Monticello, FL.
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 Monticello, 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.
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
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
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 Jefferson County, the county that includes Monticello, compare with Florida 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.
#22 of 67 Florida counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 67% of the state
| Infection | Jefferson County | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 466 72 cases ▼ 7% | 498.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 304.2 47 cases ▲ 47% | 206.7 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 25.9 4 cases ▲ 34% | 19.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 19.4 3 cases ▼ 23% | 25.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 19.4 3 cases ▼ 49% | 37.7 | 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 Jefferson County, chlamydia has fallen from 503.1 to 466 per 100,000 (7%), gonorrhea has risen from 282.6 to 304.2 per 100,000 (8%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 34.5 to 25.9 per 100,000 (25%).
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 Jefferson County.
Local HIV snapshot
Jefferson County HIV care continuum (2022)
Jefferson County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 22.7 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Jefferson County residents living with HIV, 81.4% are in care · 71.1% 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 Jefferson County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
The Texas Hill neighborhood sits where a lot of Monticello's longer-tenured households have put down roots, owner-occupied homes, modest values, families that have been here long enough to know which stretch of US 90 gets congested on a Friday afternoon. That stability coexists with a labor-force participation rate that leaves a meaningful share of residents outside the conventional nine-to-five, whether by circumstance or choice, and an unemployment level that adds real financial pressure to how people weigh discretionary spending on health care. Those economic realities shape how younger adults in Monticello, people in their late teens and twenties forming relationships and building independence, actually approach screening.
When rent absorbs a significant chunk of a monthly budget and transportation means driving out on Jefferson Street or West Washington Street rather than walking anywhere, a testing appointment competes with shift schedules, vehicle availability, and cost. A community where roughly half of adults are partnered doesn't mean the other half aren't sexually active; it means the full range of relationship situations is represented, and low-cost, reachable options matter to all of them.
Getting there
At 3.79/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Monticello 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 32344 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 32344 area around Monticello: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Monticello alone.
Monticello sits in Jefferson County, ZIP 32344. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Monticello? 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 Jefferson County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Florida 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 Monticello-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 Monticello 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 Florida 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 Florida, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Florida 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 FloridaSource: 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.
The closest is Little Pine Pediatrics (0.3 mi); 7 options are within 30 miles.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing, and public clinics test for free regardless of coverage.
Yes, Florida Department of Health in Jefferson County (0.6 mi) offers free testing, and public clinics serve the uninsured.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 466 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Florida average.
In Florida, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
Rapid antibody tests, 4th-generation antigen/antibody lab tests, and NAT, which detects HIV soonest after exposure.
HPV is checked through cervical screening (often with a Pap test); there's no routine HPV test for men.
Public health clinics, family-planning clinics, and many school or campus health centers test teens and young adults, often free.
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