Pitts, Georgia reported syphilis in Wilcox County runs about 44% higher than the US average. Whether you need testing after a possible exposure or as part of routine care in Pitts, Georgia, you have several options, from same-day walk-in clinics to labs and at-home tests. The choice depends on whether you prefer the speed of immediate testing or the convenience of fitting it into your schedule.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Pitts, GA. The nearest, CareConnect Health, is about 4.8 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.
CareConnect Health in Rochelle runs STI care alongside full family planning services, which means gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C testing share scheduling and billing infrastructure with routine primary care: appointments required, sliding-scale fees, insurance and Medicaid accepted.
Languages
English
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Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Georgia Department of Public Health in Rochelle requires an appointment, so scheduling ahead secures same-visit bacterial STI treatment, rapid and conventional HIV testing, and the full panel: all on a sliding-scale fee adjusted to income, with insurance and Medicaid both accepted. Care is available in Spanish.
Spanish-language care at this clinic is not routed through an outside service, it is a direct operational capacity. That means STI counseling, TB education, partner notification conversations, and treatment discussions all happen in Spanish without an intermediary shaping or filtering the exchange.
Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, this clinic tests for hepatitis C and tuberculosis, and treats TB on-site. Hepatitis C status informs long-term liver health decisions, and having TB screening and treatment within the same appointment removes the need to seek a separate provider for either condition.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
A safety-net federally qualified health center about 13 miles from Pitts. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
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 5 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Pitts, 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.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 56 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Pitts. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 8 offer telehealth.
Bindit Patel, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 402 Bay Street East, Pineview
Henry Young, MD
Family medicine · 501 East 3rd Avenue, Cordele
Srilatha Nadipineni, MD
Internal medicine · 401 East 4th Avenue, Cordele
Russ Hopper, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 201 East 16th Avenue, Cordele
Fernando Neuman, MD
Internal medicine · 115 West 13th Avenue, Cordele
Cyrenah Lane, DO
Family medicine · 902 North 7th Street, Cordele
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 Pitts, 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.
Rochelle Drug
4.9 miPineview Pharmacy
12 miM and M Drug Company
12 miCrisp Regional Community Pharmacy
13 mi
13 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Pitts, 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 Pitts, 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
$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
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 Wilcox County, the county that includes Pitts, compare with Georgia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~14% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#108 of 159 Georgia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 32% of the state
| Infection | Wilcox County | Georgia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 421.5 37 cases ▼ 35% | 646.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 136.7 12 cases ▼ 50% | 274.8 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 22.8 2 cases ▲ 14% | 20 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 11.4 1 cases ▼ 38% | 18.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 57 5 cases ▲ 59% | 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 Wilcox County, chlamydia has fallen from 627.4 to 421.5 per 100,000 (33%), gonorrhea has fallen from 171.1 to 136.7 per 100,000 (20%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 22.8 to 22.8 per 100,000.
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 Wilcox County.
Local HIV snapshot
Wilcox County HIV care continuum (2023)
Wilcox County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 25.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Wilcox County residents living with HIV, 74.7% are in care · 69.6% 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 Wilcox County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
High Rock anchors the quieter edge of Pitts the way a few landmarks do in small Georgia towns, a fixed point in a community where most households own their homes and have lived long enough to put down roots. That effort lands unevenly. With fewer than half of working-age residents in the labor force and a meaningful share of households carrying the economic weight of larger families, scheduling anything mid-week during clinic hours competes with jobs, childcare, and transportation. Young adults in their late teens and twenties, the years when STI rates climb sharpest, are navigating all of that while often renting rather than owning, which in Pitts means a monthly cost low enough by Georgia standards to leave some financial room, but not necessarily a flexible enough schedule to make a distant appointment easy.
The options listed on this page span a range of distances, so comparing drive times before committing matters here. For residents without employer coverage, a real consideration when labor-force participation runs well below the national norm, the sliding-scale and low-cost options among the clinics listed here can be the difference between a test that gets scheduled and one that quietly doesn't. Knowing which sites accept uninsured patients before making the drive down 7th Avenue and out of Wilcox County is the practical first step.
Getting there
At 3.88/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Pitts 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 31072 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 31072 area around Pitts: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Pitts alone.
Pitts sits in Wilcox County, ZIP 31072. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Pitts? 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 Wilcox 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 a Pitts-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 Pitts 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.
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.
Wilcox County reported ~422 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Georgia average.
At-home kits mail to 31072: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
In Georgia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Untreated chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and fertility problems, caught early, it's cured with antibiotics.
Reassuring if you tested after the window, just retest if it was early, and screen again with new partners.
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