New HIV diagnoses in Woodbury County run about 50% lower than the US average. Whether you need testing after a possible exposure or as part of routine care in Pierson, Iowa, you'll have to weigh cost and scheduling. Choose from community and public clinics or private labs below.
Available testing centers
3 testing options are listed for Pierson, IA. The nearest, Mercy Medical Services, is about 5.9 miles away. Compare 1 community and public clinic, 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.
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 6 miles from Pierson. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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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 |
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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. Widen the distance or clear the service-type filter.
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 6 miles away, if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Pierson, 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 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 Woodbury 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.
1014 Nebraska Street, Sioux City, IA 51105
CMS-certified lab
2730 Pierce Street, Suite 201, Sioux City, IA 51104
CMS-certified lab
801 Fifth Street, Sioux City, IA 51101
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 Pierson. 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, 84 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Pierson. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 6 offer telehealth.
Donald Odens, MD
Family medicine · 15 East 2nd Street, Remsen
Wesley Parker, MD
Family medicine · 300 East Pine Street, Marcus
Byron Perkinson, MD
Family medicine · 300 Sioux Valley Drive, Cherokee
Sean Nelson, MD
Family medicine · 225 Main Street, Aurelia
Curtis Hesse
Internal medicine · 701 East 2nd Street, Ida Grove
Jeffrey Krohn, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 2600 Outer Drive North, Sioux City
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
Compare the pharmacies closest to Pierson, IA. Contact a location directly to confirm pharmacy-counter hours, services, prices, and product availability before visiting.
Kingsley Drug
6.1 miLewis
6.1 miMills Pharmacy
11 miLewis Family Drug
11 miMoville Pharmacy
11 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Pierson, IA.
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 Pierson, 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.
PrEP & DoxyPEP
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
Online treatment
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
Online treatment
Visit from $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
PrEP & DoxyPEP
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 Woodbury County, the county that includes Pierson, compare with Iowa and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~24% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#3 of 99 Iowa counties for chlamydia, among the very highest in the state
| Infection | Woodbury County | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 638 676 cases ▲ 49% | 426.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 167.1 177 cases ▲ 43% | 116.8 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 36.8 39 cases ▲ 257% | 10.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 64.2 68 cases ▲ 598% | 9.2 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 49.1 52 cases ▲ 396% | 9.9 | 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 Woodbury County, chlamydia has fallen from 791 to 638 per 100,000 (19%), gonorrhea has fallen from 400.2 to 167.1 per 100,000 (58%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 14.2 to 36.8 per 100,000 (159%).
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
Primary-care shortage score 19 / 26
Medically Underserved Area · IMU 60.7
Social Vulnerability Index · 72nd percentile nationally
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 Woodbury County.
Local HIV snapshot
Woodbury County HIV care continuum (2023)
Woodbury County recorded 6.9 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 5.1 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Woodbury County residents living with HIV, 92.5% are in care · 85.1% 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 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 Woodbury County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Pierson sits small enough in Woodbury County that reaching the nearest clinic listed on this page means getting in a car and committing to a real drive, not a quick errand between stops. That practical distance is the first thing to reckon with for anyone thinking about routine screening here.
The town's economic profile sharpens the picture. With most households owning their homes, the community carries a settled, multigenerational character, yet a typical home value well below state norms and a notable share of residents without steady work means household budgets are often stretched thin. At $689 a month, renters here are not paying big-city rents, but when income is constrained, even a modest co-pay or a half-day away from obligations can be enough to put a health appointment on the back burner. Large average household sizes and a strong majority of married adults suggest a community organized around family units, which can make private healthcare decisions feel logistically complicated, another layer on top of the distance.
Young adults in Pierson, people building relationships through their late teens and twenties, face the same biological vulnerability to STIs that makes that age window the one clinicians watch most closely everywhere. Woodbury County's STI rate data visible on this page reflects a county-level reality, and staying current with screening is what keeps an individual's status known rather than assumed, especially in a small community where the options listed here may represent the only realistic access for miles.
Getting there
At 5.17/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Pierson 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 51048 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 51048 area around Pierson: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Pierson alone.
Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Pierson? 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 Woodbury County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Iowa 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 Pierson-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 Pierson 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 Iowa 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 Iowa, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own; a parent may be notified only in the case of a positive HIV test result.
Iowa 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 IowaSource: 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, Moville, IA is close; compare it by distance against Mercy Medical Services.
Most plans cover STD screening; a clinic or lab can bill insurance, or you can pay a flat self-pay price.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Herpes, Trichomoniasis, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 638 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the Iowa average.
In Iowa, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 51048; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
Medical records are protected under federal HIPAA law, ask the clinic how it handles your information.
It's reassuring, but if you tested early in the window period, retest a few weeks later to be sure.
Screening checks when you have no symptoms; diagnostic testing confirms a cause when you do. The lab tests are often the same.
It's curable with antibiotics; catching it early avoids serious complications.
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