Reported chlamydia in Pipestone County runs about 45% lower than the US average. Whether for a one-time concern or regular check-ups, Pipestone, Minnesota has community and public clinics that are often low-cost or free, while private labs tend to offer faster results and more flexible scheduling.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Pipestone, MN. The nearest, Avera Tyler, is about 18.4 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.
A public safety-net rural health clinic about 18 miles from Pipestone. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Sanford Health in Luverne runs by appointment, and each scheduled visit covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing alongside HPV and hepatitis vaccines, same-visit bacterial treatment, and sliding-scale fees accepted across all income levels.
Sanford Health in Luverne prescribes both PrEP and PEP on-site, which means prevention medication is managed by the same clinical team handling your testing: no separate referral chain, no gap between diagnosis and next steps.
Many clinics test for hepatitis C antibodies and stop there, leaving patients to find treatment elsewhere. At Sanford Health in Luverne, hepatitis C treatment is provided on-site. The diagnosis and the care stay with the same clinical team.
The standard four-infection panel leaves hepatitis untested entirely. Sanford Health in Luverne adds hepatitis A, B, and C to the testing lineup, and pairs that with treatment for hepatitis B and C and vaccines for A and B at the same location.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 28 miles from Pipestone. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Sanford Health Brookings Clinic, a full-service health system clinic in Brookings, folds STI care into its broader clinical infrastructure: gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV testing, with same-visit bacterial treatment, sliding-scale fees, and appointments required. Spanish-language care is available.
Plenty of clinics acknowledge a language gap and patch it with outside resources. Sanford Health Brookings Clinic delivers STI care directly in Spanish: counseling, testing, and treatment in the same language, with the same clinician, without routing the conversation through a secondary channel.
For someone paying out of pocket without a regular provider who needs a complete picture, Sanford Health Brookings Clinic's panel covers herpes alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. Meaning one appointment closes the loop rather than leaving a gap in the workup.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Access Health - Brookings welcomes walk-ins for STI screening without an appointment. Federally qualified standing means fees follow a sliding scale tied to income, keeping syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing within reach for patients across the pay spectrum. All in a single visit.
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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 about 18 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Pipestone, 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 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 Pipestone 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.
916 4th Avenue Southwest, Pipestone, MN 56164
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Pipestone. 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, 36 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Pipestone. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 6 offer telehealth.
Glenn Ridder, MD
Family medicine · 916 4th Avenue Southwest, Pipestone
Lyrad Riley, MD
Family medicine · 916 Southwest 4th Avenue, Pipestone
Myles Zephier
Family medicine · 916 4th Avenue Southwest, Pipestone
Sherri Bostwick, MD
Family medicine · 309 North Prairie Street, Flandreau
Joseph Prasek, MD
Family medicine · 403 West Broad Avenue, Flandreau
Maneesh Kanal, MD
Internal medicine · 109 East Lake Benton Street, Lake Benton
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 Pipestone, MN 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.
Lewis Family Drug
0.3 miShopko Stores Operating
0.4 miA&S Drugs
0.4 miL Charles Sendelbach
0.4 miCoborns
0.8 miSLTN Pharmacy Services
12 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Pipestone, MN.
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 Pipestone, 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.
$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
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
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 Pipestone County, the county that includes Pipestone, compare with Minnesota and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~22% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#24 of 87 Minnesota counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 72% of the state
| Infection | Pipestone County | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 270.4 25 cases ▼ 29% | 379.5 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 75.7 7 cases ▼ 44% | 134.5 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 8.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 21.6 2 cases ▲ 222% | 6.7 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | — no data | 14.7 | 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 Pipestone County, chlamydia has risen from 180.4 to 270.4 per 100,000 (50%), and gonorrhea has risen from 53.1 to 75.7 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 Pipestone County.
Local HIV snapshot
Pipestone County HIV care continuum (2023)
Pipestone County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 6.7 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Pipestone County residents living with HIV, 66.7% are in care · 50% 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 Pipestone County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Harmon Park anchors the quieter side of Pipestone, and the town around it runs on a rhythm shaped by households where more than half of adults are married and most families share a roof they own outright: decisions about health, including screening, tend to get filtered through schedules built around work, kids, and a single car. That household character matters here: with average household sizes pushing close to three people and a labor-force participation rate that leaves a meaningful share of adults outside the traditional nine-to-five, the window for getting to a clinic isn't always obvious or convenient. Rent runs low enough that cost isn't the dominant barrier it is in larger markets, but that doesn't dissolve the practical weight of distance for people in their late teens and twenties, who are statistically the most likely to have an untreated infection and the least likely to have a flexible schedule or a second vehicle available.
Pipestone County's STI figures reflect a real local picture, not a distant abstraction. For anyone living along 8th Avenue Southeast or closer to Erickson Park, staying current on screening means knowing what the county's numbers actually represent, and recognizing that an undetected infection here looks the same as one anywhere else.
Getting there
At 7.45/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Pipestone 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 56164 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 56164 area around Pipestone: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Pipestone alone.
Pipestone sits in Pipestone County, ZIP 56164. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Pipestone? 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 Pipestone County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Minnesota 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 Pipestone-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 Pipestone 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Minnesota 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 MinnesotaSource: 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.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
Public clinics nearby offer free HIV testing.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 270 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Minnesota average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In Minnesota, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, partners should test and be treated together to avoid passing it back and forth.
You self-collect a sample at home, mail it in, and view results online, no clinic visit needed.
Start treatment, tell recent partners so they can test, avoid sex until cleared, and retest if advised, most STIs resolve with care.
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