STD Testing in Nashville, AR: Free, Same-Day & Confidential
Howard County reports about 160 gonorrhea cases per 100,000 residents, near the US average. Whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening, you'll find local clinics and at-home kits for STI testing in Nashville, Arkansas. 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 your options below.
9 testing options are listed for Nashville, AR. The nearest, Arkansas Department of Health, is about 0.4 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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Arkansas Department of Health in Nashville pairs rapid and conventional HIV testing with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs like gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis, all on a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicaid and private insurance. Appointments are required, and care is delivered in Spanish.
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Spanish-Language Care Without Coordination Overhead
For someone navigating STI care without an established primary provider and without English as a first language, Arkansas Department of Health in Nashville delivers clinical services (counseling, testing, treatment) directly in Spanish. No bridging required, and the relationship stays at this clinic.
Hepatitis B and C Testing Alongside the Standard Panel
Stopping at gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV can mean a second visit, or no visit at all, when hepatitis exposure is also a concern. Arkansas Department of Health in Nashville closes that gap by including hepatitis B and C testing in the same appointment, keeping the full picture in one place.
Tests & treatsSliding-scale
Address
201 East Hempstead Street, Suite 2 Nashville, AR 71852
A safety-net rural health clinic about 13 miles from Nashville. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
A safety-net rural health clinic about 16 miles from Nashville. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
A public safety-net rural health clinic about 25 miles from Nashville. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Cabun Rural Health Services in Hope operates on sliding scale fees with Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance accepted, covering a panel that extends beyond the standard four to include herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB: by appointment, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs and Spanish-language care.
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Spanish Care Lives Here, Not Down the Road
Without Spanish-language care at the point of testing, the gap between a result and a treatment plan widens: follow-up questions go unasked, instructions get approximated, and infections persist longer than they should. At Cabun Rural Health Services, Spanish is a working clinical language, not a workaround, so care moves forward without that gap.
Hepatitis C Diagnosis and Treatment Stay Together
A hepatitis C diagnosis that ends at confirmation (with treatment scheduled somewhere else, weeks later) leaves patients navigating a system that can easily stall. Cabun Rural Health Services manages hepatitis C treatment on-site, so the path from a reactive test to an active treatment plan doesn't require a separate provider or a separate appointment.
Herpes and Hepatitis Tested Alongside the Core Panel
Leaving herpes or hepatitis off a screen means those infections can go undetected and unaddressed until symptoms force the issue, or until someone else is exposed. Cabun Rural Health Services tests for herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, so the full picture is available from a single visit.
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 less than a mile away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Nashville, 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 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
Quest Diagnostics
$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 Nashville, AR
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Howard 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 Nashville. 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 Nashville, AR who may help arrange STD testing
Beyond dedicated clinics, 44 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Nashville. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 6 offer telehealth.
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 Nashville, AR
Compare the pharmacies closest to Nashville, AR. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
Showing the 4 closest pharmacies to Nashville, AR.
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 Nashville, 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
Wisp
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 Howard County: the local picture
How reported STI rates in Howard County, the county that includes Nashville, compare with Arkansas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~23% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
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#24 of 75 Arkansas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 68% of the state
Reported STD rates per 100,000, Howard County vs Arkansas vs U.S.
Howard CountyArkansasU.S.▲▼ = Howard County vs the state average
Infection
Howard County
Arkansas
United States
Chlamydia
630.379 cases▲ 9%
579.6
492.2
Gonorrhea
159.620 cases▼ 17%
193.4
179.5
Syphilis (P&S)
—
29.2
15.8
Syphilis (early)
81 cases▼ 54%
17.3
16
Syphilis (late/unknown)
39.95 cases▼ 17%
48
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 Howard County over time (per 100,000)
Chlamydia ▼ 15% vs 2022
Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis (P&S)
Between 2020 and 2023 in Howard County, chlamydia has risen from 547.5 to 630.3 per 100,000 (15%), gonorrhea has fallen from 226.8 to 159.6 per 100,000 (30%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 7.8 to 23.9 per 100,000 (206%).
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 Nashville, AR
Adults uninsured
12%
No routine checkup
20.5%
No transportation
10.5%
Binge drinking
13.9%
Frequent mental distress
19%
Depression
24.6%
Below poverty line
18.1%
Primary-care ratio
2,116 : 1
Howard County
Primary-care shortage score 13 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 60.8
Social Vulnerability Index · 88th 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 Howard County.
Local HIV snapshot
HIV in Howard County (2023)
Federal priority area: Arkansas is one of the U.S. jurisdictions prioritized under the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative: targeted federal funding to expand local HIV testing, PrEP, and prevention.
People living with HIV
59 / 100k
New diagnoses (2023)
0cases countywide
PrEP users / 100k
68
Howard County HIV care continuum (2023)
Howard County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 11.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Howard County residents living with HIV, 16.7% are in care · 16.7% 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 Howard County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Bishop Street to the Issac C Perkins Bypass is a short drive on paper, yet when unemployment runs as high as it does here and well under two-thirds of adults are actively working, carving time out for a clinic visit can feel like a genuine cost: in hours, fuel, and lost wages. Rent around Nashville, Arkansas stays low enough that housing itself isn't the crushing barrier it is in larger cities, but a household budget built on modest income leaves little room for unexpected fees, making the sliding-scale and low-cost options listed on this page worth knowing before you go. Howard County's STI picture makes younger adults, people in their late teens and twenties navigating new relationships and often without established primary-care connections, the group with the most to gain from straightforward access to screening.
Nashville households here tend to be larger than the national average, and the nearly even split between owners and renters means all kinds of living arrangements are the norm: couples, roommates, extended families sharing a home on North 4th Street or near Nashville City Park alike. Routine testing fits that texture quietly: one appointment, handled, before the rest of the week moves on.
Getting there
How residents reach STD testing in Nashville, AR
Walkability6.69 / 20 · Below average
At 6.69/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Nashville 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 71852 snapshot
Residents
10,088
Median age
37.7
Median income
$49,971
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 71852 area around Nashville: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Nashville alone.
Nashville sits in Howard County, ZIP 71852. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Nashville City Park
Major routes
Bishop Street
North 4th Street
Issac C Perkins Bypass
West Sunset Avenue
US 371 (East Peachtree Street)
Nearby cities & towns
STD testing near Nashville, AR
Just outside Nashville? These nearby communities have their own testing guides: clinics, at-home kits, and free screening close to home.
STD testing in Nashville, AR: screening, costs & privacy
Everything to know before you test in Howard County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Arkansas law. If you have symptoms right now, our confidential symptom checker maps them to the tests worth considering.
Who should test, and whenCDC 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 Nashville-area provider.
What each STD test costsMedicare 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 Nashville 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 ArkansasMinor consent and partner treatment (EPT) under state law, plus how to test privately
Two things that actually depend on Arkansas 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 Arkansas, 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)
Arkansas 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.
