Wayne County reported syphilis cases run about 41% higher than the US average. If you're considering an STI test in Odum, Georgia whether it's your first or part of regular screening, community and public clinics often come with lower costs, while private labs usually mean quicker results and more flexible hours. Check your options below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Odum, GA. The nearest, Diversity Health Center, is about 8.8 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.
Diversity Health Center in Jesup covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid or conventional HIV testing, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs confirmed on-site. Appointments are required, and fees follow a sliding scale with Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance all accepted.
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Georgia Department of Public Health in Jesup runs TB, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and rapid and conventional HIV testing on a sliding-scale fee basis, with Medicaid accepted and appointments required, and every service is provided at no charge.
The department bills nothing for any of its services, not testing, not STI treatment, not TB treatment, not vaccines. Staff process appointments, administer care, and dispense treatment without generating a patient invoice at any point in the visit.
Spanish-language care is available directly at this Jesup clinic, which means a patient's treatment plan, medication instructions, and counseling all arrive in Spanish without any relay. A practical difference when understanding a dosing schedule matters.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Free across the board, Skylark in Jesup covers gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and HIV testing with no fee attached to any service. Donations accepted but never required. Walk in without an appointment, and bacterial STIs diagnosed on-site can be treated the same visit.
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Listing verified Jul 2025 · 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 9 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Odum, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 Wayne 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.
865 South First Street, Jesup, GA 31598
CMS-certified lab
865 South First Street, Jesup, GA 31545
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
125 Peachtree Street, Jesup, GA 31545
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Odum. 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, 62 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Odum. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 21 offer telehealth.
Elizabeth Smith, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 1311 West Cherry Street, Jesup
Robert Pumpelly, MD
Internal medicine · 124 Memorial Drive, Jesup
Jacob Abraham
Family medicine · 125 Memorial Drive, Jesup
Mark Byron, MD
Urology · 162 Memorial Drive, Jesup
Ogochukwu Okpala, MD
OB-GYN · 228 Memorial Drive, Jesup
Lindsey Rowley, MD
Internal medicine · 930 South 1st Street, Jesup
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 Odum, GA 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.
Diversity Health Center
8.8 miJones Prescription Shop
8.8 miHarveys Supermarket Pharmacy
9.1 mi
9.3 mi Wayne Drug Company
9.3 mi
9.3 mi Showing the 6 closest pharmacies to Odum, GA.
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 Odum, 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
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
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
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 Wayne County, the county that includes Odum, compare with Georgia 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.
#40 of 159 Georgia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 75% of the state
| Infection | Wayne County | Georgia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 729.9 229 cases ▲ 13% | 646.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 239.1 75 cases ▼ 13% | 274.8 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 22.3 7 cases ▲ 12% | 20 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 6.4 2 cases ▼ 65% | 18.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 35.1 11 cases ▼ 2% | 35.8 | 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 Wayne County, chlamydia has fallen from 789.5 to 729.9 per 100,000 (8%), gonorrhea has fallen from 272 to 239.1 per 100,000 (12%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 6.6 to 22.3 per 100,000 (238%).
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 Wayne County.
Local HIV snapshot
Wayne County HIV care continuum (2023)
Among Wayne County residents living with HIV, 76.9% are in care · 69.2% 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 Wayne County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
South Main Street runs through a town where most households are rooted: nearly seven in ten residents own their homes, many of them families sharing space with children or extended kin under one roof. That kind of settled, multigenerational stability shapes daily rhythms here, including how and when people think about healthcare. For the portion of Odum's population in their late teens and twenties (forming new relationships, navigating early independence) routine STI screening rarely rises to the top of a full calendar, especially when nearly half the labor force is working and household budgets are modest enough that even a low monthly rent represents a real line item. Wayne County's STI picture reflects pressures common across rural Georgia, and younger adults carry a disproportionate share of new diagnoses statewide.
Affordable, low-paperwork screening options matter most when someone can make a same-day decision without weighing cost against groceries or a car payment tied to a home valued well within reach, but only if they can actually get there. That's the defining constraint in Odum: this is not a town you walk across to a clinic. The options listed on this page require a drive, and for anyone without reliable transportation, that distance is the whole story. Knowing the nearest option and its hours before you need it, whether it's off Odum Highway or further out toward Jesup, is the practical difference between a visit that happens this month and one that doesn't happen at all.
Getting there
At 3.7/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Odum 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 31555 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 31555 area around Odum: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Odum alone.
Odum sits in Wayne County, ZIP 31555. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Odum? 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 Wayne County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Georgia 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 an Odum-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 Odum 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 Georgia 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 Georgia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Georgia 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 GeorgiaSource: 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.
Some clinics and labs take walk-ins for same-day testing; call ahead to confirm hours.
Most plans cover STD screening; a clinic or lab can bill insurance, or you can pay a flat self-pay price.
Yes, Georgia Department of Public Health (8.8 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 730 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the Georgia average.
In Georgia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
Yes, test after the window period, and if HIV exposure is a concern, ask about PEP within 72 hours.
Roughly 1–2 weeks after exposure gives a dependable gonorrhea result.
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