Gonorrhea diagnoses in Gloucester County run about 42% lower than the national average. Whatever your reason for seeking STI testing in Paulsboro, New Jersey, whether it's your first time or a routine screening, you'll find options that prioritize convenience in different ways.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Paulsboro, NJ. The nearest, CAMcare Health, is about 0.6 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.
CAMcare Health in Paulsboro pairs gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis testing with same-visit bacterial treatment, and extends its panel to hepatitis A, B, and C alongside conventional HIV testing. All on a sliding-scale fee with an appointment. Care is available in Spanish.
CAMcare conducts care in Spanish, not as a side arrangement but as a direct clinical interaction. That means sexual-health history, test results, and treatment instructions are conveyed without an intermediary reshaping the exchange.
CAMcare's panel runs hepatitis A, B, and C antibody testing and links directly to on-site hepatitis A and adult hepatitis B vaccination, so a reactive hepatitis B screen and its follow-up vaccine series are coordinated within the same practice, not split across separate providers.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Courage Medicine in Philadelphia runs entirely on no-fee care: HIV (rapid and conventional), herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis A, B, and C, plus same-visit bacterial treatment, all covered. Walk-ins welcome; sliding-scale fees never apply because there are none.
Courage Medicine charges nothing for any service on its roster, testing, treatment, vaccines, PrEP, PEP, DoxyPEP. That blanket removes the need to weigh which services to skip, so a full visit stays a full visit regardless of what comes up during it.
Spanish-language care at Courage Medicine is a first-language clinical service, meaning medication adherence counseling for HIV treatment and PrEP education are conducted directly in Spanish. The nuance of a dosing schedule or a drug interaction lands without a conversion step.
Bacterial post-exposure prevention with DoxyPEP rarely appears at clinics that already offer PrEP and PEP, the three are usually split across providers. Courage Medicine carries all three, so the right prevention strategy for a given exposure pattern doesn't require a separate referral chain.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
CompleteCare Family Medicine Center in Woodbury extends its federally qualified standing into everyday STI care, letting anyone, insured or paying cash, access syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening on a sliding-scale fee tied to income, with no appointment needed to get started.
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Delaware Valley Community Health in Sharon Hill runs on a sliding scale with Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance all accepted, covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, HIV, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB. Walk-ins welcome, with care available in Spanish.
Stopping at gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV means a second appointment somewhere else to chase herpes or hepatitis A, B, or C. A gap that can stretch into weeks. Delaware Valley Community Health tests all of them in one visit, so nothing gets deferred while you wait on a separate facility to fit you in.
Spanish speakers who need ongoing medication adherence counseling or STI treatment, not just a test, benefit from Delaware Valley Community Health's standing capacity to deliver that care directly in Spanish. Managing a condition across multiple visits is harder when clinical nuance has to survive translation; here it doesn't have to.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Chespenn Health Services in Crum Lynne welcomes walk-ins for STI screening, no appointment needed. Federally qualified status anchors a sliding-scale fee structure tied to income, and Title X family-planning funding extends legally confidential services to minors. A standard visit covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing.
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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 Paulsboro, 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.
Also in the area
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Gloucester 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.
174 Democrat Road, Mickleton, NJ 08056
CMS-certified lab
900 Medical Center Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
239 Hurffville -Cross Keys Road, Sewell, NJ 08080
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Paulsboro. 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, 4,898 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Paulsboro. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 1,687 offer telehealth.
Richard Shaw, DO Telehealth
Internal medicine · 121 Berkley Road, Clarksboro
Robert Provencher, DO
Family medicine · 296 Kings Highway, Clarksboro
Rudolph Depersia, MD
Internal medicine · 935 Kings Highway, West Deptford
Brian Weingart, DO
Internal medicine · 1017 4th Avenue, Essington
Christopher Trotz, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 550 Jessup Road, West Deptford
Elizabeth Clayton, DO
OB-GYN · 800 Jessup Road, West Deptford
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 Paulsboro, NJ 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.
Victory Day Pharmacy
0.7 mi
0.7 mi Delivercarerx Pharmacy
2.0 miShowing the 3 closest pharmacies to Paulsboro, NJ.
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 Paulsboro, 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 $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
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
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 Gloucester County, the county that includes Paulsboro, compare with New Jersey and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~28% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#11 of 21 New Jersey counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 48% of the state
| Infection | Gloucester County | New Jersey | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 329.7 1,017 cases ▼ 14% | 384.1 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 103.8 320 cases ▼ 5% | 109.1 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 3.9 12 cases ▼ 52% | 8.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 3.9 12 cases ▼ 62% | 10.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 9.1 28 cases ▼ 43% | 16 | 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 Gloucester County, chlamydia has fallen from 331.8 to 329.7 per 100,000 (1%), gonorrhea has risen from 97.3 to 103.8 per 100,000 (7%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 6.9 to 3.9 per 100,000 (43%).
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 Gloucester County.
Local HIV snapshot
Gloucester County HIV care continuum (2023)
Gloucester County recorded 4.2 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 11.9 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Gloucester County residents living with HIV, 75.2% are in care · 70% 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 Gloucester County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Paulsboro skews heavily toward homeownership, and that stability has a flip side: people who have put down roots here tend to assume they have time for health tasks they keep meaning to get to. The roughly three-in-ten residents who rent, paying around eleven hundred a month in a market where home values run well below the state average, are balancing tighter monthly margins against the same full household tables that come with an average of three-plus people under one roof. With fewer than two in five adults married and a meaningful share of households juggling multiple generations or roommates, relationship patterns here are genuinely varied, and the people in their late teens and twenties who face the steepest STI risk are woven into all of it. Getting tested in Paulsboro takes a car.
The borough sits close to West Deptford Township, which broadens the realistic catchment area for clinics listed on this page. Testing options in range is a real asset: the practical question is which one fits between school pickup, a shift change, and whatever else fills a Tuesday in Paulsboro. The Red Bank Battlefield is five minutes away; a clinic appointment can be just as close if you search by the hours that actually open for you.
Getting there
At 10.13/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Paulsboro 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.
Paulsboro sits in Gloucester County, ZIP 8066. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Paulsboro? 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 Gloucester County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under New Jersey 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 Paulsboro-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 Paulsboro 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey, a minor can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment at any age, and to HIV testing at age 13 or older; a provider may notify a parent, and must do so where sexual assault is involved.
New Jersey 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 New JerseySource: 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.
Yes, several local labs offer same-day walk-in testing; best to call first.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it, and public clinics are free either way.
Yes, free HIV testing is available at public clinics in the area.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Gloucester County reported ~330 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the New Jersey average.
In New Jersey, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
Get treated, notify partners, pause sex until cleared, and follow up, the infection is manageable.
Reassuring if you tested after the window, just retest if it was early, and screen again with new partners.
Often, yes, especially throat and rectal infections, which is why site-specific testing matters.
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