Chlamydia cases in Southampton County are 22% lower than in the US on average. If you've had a recent risk or simply test regularly in Newsoms, 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. These are some of the STI testing options in the area.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Newsoms, VA. The nearest, Virginia Department of Health, is about 7.0 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 Courtland charges on a sliding scale and accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance for a panel covering HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis C, and TB: by appointment, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and care available in Spanish.
Without Spanish-language capacity at the point of care, a diagnosis can stall: waiting on a callback, a rescheduled visit, or a separate consultation before treatment begins. At Virginia Department of Health in Courtland, the clinical conversation happens in Spanish here, so treatment follows diagnosis without the gap that delay creates.
Virginia Department of Health in Courtland provides DoxyPEP, doxycycline taken after a sexual exposure to reduce bacterial STI risk, directly through the clinic. Having the prescribing and counseling consolidated in one appointment means the protocol is started with clinical guidance rather than pieced together across separate providers.
For anyone without a regular primary care provider, or paying out of pocket and unwilling to fund multiple visits, Virginia Department of Health in Courtland's panel is built for complete answers in one appointment: herpes and hepatitis C testing sit alongside the standard four, so gaps don't get deferred to a second clinic.
Languages
English, Spanish
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Fees & payment
Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
A public safety-net federally qualified health center about 10 miles from Newsoms. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Southeastern Virginia Health System in Franklin delivers STI care (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing) on a sliding scale with Medicare and insurance accepted, same-visit bacterial treatment, and prevention services including PrEP and PEP. Appointments are required.
Southeastern Virginia Health System prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, which means ongoing HIV prevention is managed within the same clinical relationship as your testing. No separate provider to locate or coordinate.
Clinics running a basic panel stop at the four bacterial and viral STIs. Southeastern Virginia Health System extends testing to hepatitis B and hepatitis C as well, catching infections that a narrower panel would leave undetected.
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English
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · 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 7 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Newsoms, 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.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 78 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Newsoms. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 16 offer telehealth.
Ericka Young, DO
Family medicine · 23020 Main Street, Courtland
Elizabeth Robledo, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 22708 Main Street, Courtland
Shavon Jones, MD
Family medicine · 1357 Armory Drive, Franklin
Michael Abu-Absi, MD
Internal medicine · 1301 Armory Drive, Franklin
Alan Edwards, MD
Internal medicine · 118 Fairview Drive, Franklin
Tracy Rau
Family medicine · 102 Fairview Drive, Franklin
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 Newsoms, 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.
9.9 mi Franklin Hometown Pharmacy
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11 mi Parker Drug Company
12 mi
13 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to Newsoms, 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 Newsoms, 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 $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
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 Southampton County, the county that includes Newsoms, compare with Virginia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~16% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#53 of 133 Virginia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 60% of the state
| Infection | Southampton County | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 383.9 69 cases ▼ 19% | 472.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 116.8 21 cases ▼ 26% | 158.3 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 10.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 9.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | — no data | 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 Southampton County, chlamydia has fallen from 466.8 to 383.9 per 100,000 (18%), and gonorrhea has fallen from 233.4 to 116.8 per 100,000 (50%).
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 Southampton County.
Local HIV snapshot
Southampton County HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Southampton County residents living with HIV, 90% are in care · 85% 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 Southampton County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Newsoms sits where work in timber, agriculture, and small-scale manufacturing draws people in their twenties and thirties looking for steady paychecks and affordable living. That influx means the town has young adults at every stage (some newly arrived, others rooted here for years) and with them comes the ordinary reality that STI screening belongs in routine health care, not as an afterthought or crisis measure. Testing in and around Newsoms listed on this page reflects what the community actually needs: access that doesn't require elaborate planning or a long drive, and clinics that understand confidentiality as a baseline, not a special accommodation. Whether someone is checking in annually, following up after a partner's diagnosis, or sorting out symptoms, the providers here keep records separate from workplace or social circles.
A distinction that matters in a place where people tend to stay. Getting tested early, before complications set in, is straightforward when you're not worried about who might overhear a phone call or spot you in a waiting room. The clinics serving Newsoms handle that reality directly, treating screening as the ordinary preventive care it is.
Getting there
At 3.2/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Newsoms 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 23874 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 23874 area around Newsoms: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Newsoms alone.
Newsoms sits in Southampton County, ZIP 23874. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Newsoms? 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 Southampton 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 Newsoms-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 Newsoms 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.
Nearest is Virginia Department of Health, about 7 mi away; 4 are within 30 miles. An at-home kit shipped to 23874 also works.
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.
Southampton County reported ~384 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Virginia average.
At-home kits mail to 23874: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
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.
Herpes isn't in standard panels unless you have symptoms, a sore can be swabbed, or a blood test discussed with a provider.
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