In Grimes County, about 176 gonorrhea cases per 100,000 residents were reported last year, near the national average. In Navasota, Texas, whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, you can weigh public clinics for lower costs, private labs for faster results, or at-home kits for convenience. Check the list below to compare your options.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Navasota, TX. The nearest, Clinical Pathology Labs, is about 1.3 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.
HealthPoint in Navasota runs STI care through a community health center model, pairing gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing with same-visit bacterial treatment, sliding-scale fees for all, and appointments scheduled in Spanish.
HealthPoint delivers care in Spanish directly, and the downstream effect is continuity: questions about medications, follow-up timing, and test results get resolved in the room rather than deferred. Appointments are available in Spanish without a workaround layer.
HealthPoint maintains standing capacity to prescribe both PrEP and PEP, which matters for anyone managing prevention without a dedicated infectious disease provider. Cash-paying patients work through the same sliding-scale structure that applies to every other service here.
Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, HealthPoint also tests for herpes and hepatitis A, B, and C, which means a single visit can account for infections that a narrower panel would leave unexamined and unaddressed.
Languages
English, Spanish
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Care services
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
A community safety-net federally qualified health center about 1 mile from Navasota. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Integrity Urgent Care in College Station folds STI testing into an urgent-care practice: appointments required, insurance and Medicare accepted, with fees scaled to income. The panel covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and care available in Spanish.
Integrity Urgent Care delivers STI care directly in Spanish: clinical history, diagnosis, and treatment instructions all conducted in the language, not routed through a separate service. That means nuance stays intact at every point where it matters: symptom description, treatment adherence, and follow-up planning.
Beyond the core four, Integrity tests for herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in the same appointment. Catching hepatitis B or C early opens the door to on-site management before liver involvement progresses, an outcome a narrower panel would miss entirely.
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English, Spanish
Tests offered
Care services
Prevention services
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Health Point Hempstead, serving Hempstead through its federally qualified health center status, ties STI screening fees directly to income. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-in appointments are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Brazos Valley Community Action Agency in College Station was built for people navigating gaps in coverage: uninsured, cash-paying, or caught between providers. Federally qualified status anchors its sliding-scale fees, making syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening genuinely affordable without an appointment required.
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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 Navasota, 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 range: couples & full panels
$79 & up
Best value: single tests
$49 & 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 Grimes 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.
210 South Judson Street, Navasota, TX 77868
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Navasota. 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, 213 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Navasota. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 67 offer telehealth.
Pollachi Selvakumarraj, MD
Internal medicine · 501 East Washington Avenue, Navasota
Michael Walker, DO
Family medicine · 8310 Hwy 6 Loop, Navasota
Van Ngo, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 8264 Hwy 6 Loop, Navasota
Don Bosse, MD
Internal medicine · 5811 Rain Meadow Drive, College Station
Wade Richardson, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 1296 Arrington Road, College Station
Eric Torkildsen, MD
Internal medicine · 1280 Arrington Road, College Station
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 Navasota, TX 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.
Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy
0.2 miAsa Pharmacy
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1.2 mi 
16 mi Scott & White Pharmacy
16 miGoldstar Pharmacy
16 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Navasota, TX.
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 Navasota, 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
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
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 Grimes County, the county that includes Navasota, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~25% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#97 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 62% of the state
| Infection | Grimes County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 358.2 116 cases ▼ 27% | 491.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 176 57 cases ≈ the state average | 176.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 6.2 2 cases ▼ 59% | 15 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 9.3 3 cases ▼ 65% | 26.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 21.6 7 cases ▼ 51% | 44.3 | 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.
Between 2020 and 2023 in Grimes County, chlamydia has fallen from 420.3 to 358.2 per 100,000 (15%), gonorrhea has risen from 133.3 to 176 per 100,000 (32%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 9.8 to 6.2 per 100,000 (37%).
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 Grimes County.
Local HIV snapshot
Grimes County HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Grimes County residents living with HIV, 79.7% are in care · 66.1% 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 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 Grimes County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Navasota skews toward homeowners, most households here have roots that run years deep, but a substantial share rents, and those renters tend to be younger, more mobile, and often the same people in their late teens and twenties for whom routine screening matters most. That renter cohort is navigating $788-a-month budgets in a town where TX 105 and North La Salle Street are the arteries that connect nearly everything, and where nothing is close enough to walk to. Getting tested means getting in a car and making a deliberate trip. The workforce picture sharpens that reality: with unemployment running notably higher than state averages, scheduling around inconsistent shifts or a second job isn't abstract. It's Tuesday morning.
Clinics that keep evening or weekend hours, or that don't require an appointment weeks out, aren't a convenience; they're the reason a test actually gets scheduled before it gets forgotten. Options are listed on this page, which gives people real choices along Washington Avenue and beyond. Households here are also larger than average, closer to three and a half people under one roof, which makes confidentiality and ease of access worth thinking about before you walk in. The Giesel House and the Mickelborough Building are landmarks; the clinic closest to your side of town is the more useful anchor.
Getting there
At 5.07/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Navasota 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 77868 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 77868 area around Navasota: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Navasota alone.
Navasota sits in Grimes County, ZIP 77868. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Navasota? 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 Grimes County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Texas 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 Navasota-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 Navasota 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 Texas 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 Texas, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Texas 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 TexasSource: 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.
Usually yes, it can be billed to insurance, or paid out of pocket at a flat rate.
Grimes County reported ~358 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Texas average.
In Texas, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, a syphilis sore can heal while the infection stays and silently progresses, so a blood test is the only way to be sure.
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