Clay County reports about 15 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 residents, near the national average. If you need a one-time concern or regular check-up tested in Penney Farms, Florida, consider whether you prefer the affordability of public clinics, the faster results of private labs, or the convenience of at-home kits.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Penney Farms, FL. The nearest, Labcorp, is about 4.6 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.
Aza Health in Green Cove Springs runs on a sliding-scale fee structure and accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance, making the full panel reachable at almost any income. Testing covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, TB, and hepatitis A, B, and C, with an appointment required to be seen.
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Listing verified Jun 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Palms Medical Group in Fleming Island is a full-service medical clinic where STI testing (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB) sits alongside primary care, with sliding-scale fees, same-visit bacterial treatment, and appointments required; interpretation services extend that care across languages.
Interpretation services are available for non-English languages at Palms Medical Group, which means a patient's symptoms, sexual history, and treatment plan can be communicated with full precision. Nothing compressed or approximated because of a language gap.
Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, Palms Medical Group tests for herpes and all three hepatitis strains (A, B, and C) plus TB. Hepatitis A and B vaccines are also available on-site, so a reactive hepatitis result can move immediately toward a prevention plan for household contacts.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Florida Department of Health in Clay County, in Orange Park, runs appointments for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis C, TB, and rapid or conventional HIV testing, bacterial infections treated the same visit, with sliding-scale fees and no-fee services available.
All services at Florida Department of Health in Clay County are provided at no fee, which means the full scope of testing, treatment, and prevention, from hepatitis C care to DoxyPEP, stays within reach without a cost calculation at checkout.
Leaving a clinic with only a test result and no prevention plan means tracking down a separate prescriber for PrEP, PEP, or DoxyPEP. A gap that delays protection. Florida Department of Health in Clay County prescribes all three at the same appointment where testing happens.
At Florida Department of Health in Clay County, a hepatitis C diagnosis moves directly into treatment: antiviral therapy is prescribed and monitored by clinical staff on-site, so viral load follow-up and medication management happen within the same facility rather than requiring a separate specialist referral.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
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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 5 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Penney Farms, 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 Clay 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.
801 Oak Street, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
2140 Smith Street, Orange Park, FL 32073
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
2560 Blanding Boulevard, Middleburg, FL 32068
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 Penney Farms. 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, 1,138 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Penney Farms. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 464 offer telehealth.
Diem-Phuc Nguyen, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 2839 Henley Road, Green Cove Springs
Randall Scott, DO
Family medicine · 3189 Hwy 17, Green Cove Springs
Rajesh Vishen, MD
Internal medicine · 803 Oak Street, Green Cove Springs
Angela Busch-Doble, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 2310 Village Square Parkway, Fleming Island
Tiffany Valverde Anderson, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 2310 Village Square Parkway, Fleming Island
Margaret Hovda, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 400 College Drive, Middleburg
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 Penney Farms, FL 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.
Stay Well Pharmacy
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6.8 mi Dennings Pharmacy
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6.8 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Penney Farms, FL.
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 Penney Farms, 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.
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
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
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 Clay County, the county that includes Penney Farms, compare with Florida and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~3% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#43 of 67 Florida counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 36% of the state
| Infection | Clay County | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 340.7 792 cases ▼ 32% | 498.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 114.4 266 cases ▼ 45% | 206.7 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 11.2 26 cases ▼ 42% | 19.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 5.6 13 cases ▼ 78% | 25.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 15.9 37 cases ▼ 58% | 37.7 | 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 Clay County, chlamydia has fallen from 352.8 to 340.7 per 100,000 (3%), gonorrhea has fallen from 144.3 to 114.4 per 100,000 (21%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 5 to 11.2 per 100,000 (124%).
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 Clay County.
Local HIV snapshot
Clay County HIV care continuum (2023)
Clay County recorded 14.8 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 22.7 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Clay County residents living with HIV, 80.2% are in care · 69.8% 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 Clay County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Penney Farms sits quietly off the First Coast Expressway, Martina C. Kohler Park, the Recreation Center, the unhurried rhythm of a community where more than half of adults are married and households run small. That settledness is real. What's also real is that nearly nine in ten residents rent rather than own here, at monthly costs that leave limited room for unbudgeted medical appointments, and with labor-force participation that suggests a significant share of residents aren't on a standard nine-to-five schedule, which sounds flexible until you factor in that SR 23 Toll is the artery connecting Penney Farms to most services, and the options listed on this page require a deliberate drive rather than a quick detour.
For younger adults still forming relationships, the group whose years carry the sharpest risk, that combination of distance and cost pressure is the practical obstacle. Low-fee or sliding-scale screening makes the difference not in the abstract but in whether a resident absorbs that toll and copay in the same month the rent clears. Clay County's STI picture gives context to why that matters at a community level. For the roughly one in eight Penney Farms households earning above six figures, out-of-pocket testing is a minor line item; for renters stretched at $1,427 a month, a visit priced even at a modest fee warrants checking the sliding-scale options among those listed here before making the drive.
Getting there
At 7.01/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Penney Farms 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 32043 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 32043 area around Penney Farms: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Penney Farms alone.
Penney Farms sits in Clay County, ZIP 32043. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Penney Farms? 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 Clay County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Florida 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 Penney Farms-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 Penney Farms 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 Florida 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 Florida, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Florida 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 FloridaSource: 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.
Possibly, Fleming Island, FL is close; compare it by distance against Labcorp.
Most plans cover STD screening; a clinic or lab can bill insurance, or you can pay a flat self-pay price.
Yes, community and public clinics test the uninsured, with sliding-scale fees.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 341 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Florida average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In Florida, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 32043; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
It means an infection was found; a provider confirms it and starts treatment, most STIs are curable or manageable.
Medical records are protected under federal HIPAA law, ask the clinic how it handles your information.
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