In Portsmouth city, there are about 1696 chlamydia cases per 100,000 residents. If you're in Portsmouth city, Virginia, and want testing before starting a new relationship or as part of ongoing care, choose between community clinics for low-cost options and private labs for faster results and scheduling flexibility. Find options below.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for Portsmouth, VA. The nearest, EVMS Family Medicine, is about 0.7 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.
EVMS Family Medicine in Portsmouth wraps gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid HIV testing into appointments that also cover same-visit treatment for bacterial infections: all on a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and insurance, with care available in Spanish.
Herpes screening disappears from most STI panels, clinics quietly skip it, leaving patients to seek it separately. EVMS Family Medicine includes herpes testing alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid HIV, so one appointment covers the infections that commonly get split across two providers.
For someone whose primary language is Spanish (whether navigating a new diagnosis, weighing treatment options, or simply scheduling) EVMS Family Medicine delivers care directly in Spanish. That standing capability means clinical conversations, not just logistics, happen in the language that makes complex information land clearly.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Virginia Department of Health in Portsmouth tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, HIV, hepatitis B and C, and TB, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, on a sliding scale, with appointments required and every STI test provided at no cost.
All services at Virginia Department of Health in Portsmouth are provided at no fee, which means a positive bacterial result gets treated the same day without a separate billing step or a cost calculation standing between the diagnosis and the prescription.
Interpretation services for non-English languages are available at Virginia Department of Health in Portsmouth, so the conversation covering test results, treatment instructions, and prevention options reaches patients in the language they actually use to make decisions about their health.
Sourcing PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP from separate providers means separate appointments, separate costs, and gaps where coverage lapses: Virginia Department of Health in Portsmouth prescribes all three, keeping every layer of HIV and bacterial STI prevention consolidated at a single, no-fee clinic.
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Listing verified Nov 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Hamptons Roads Community Health Center in Portsmouth schedules appointments for STI care, so arriving with a confirmed time means the visit covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid HIV testing alongside treatment for bacterial infections: all on a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance.
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk brings hospital-grade infrastructure to STI care, covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB on a fee-based sliding scale with insurance and Medicaid accepted, with appointments required and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. PrEP and PEP are available on-site.
A clinic running only gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV leaves herpes, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C unaccounted for. Infections that don't announce themselves but carry long-term consequences. Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk tests for all of them, so a single appointment closes the diagnostic picture rather than leaving pieces unexamined.
For anyone managing hepatitis C without a specialist on their care team, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk holds the full continuum. Diagnosis and antiviral treatment in the same clinical setting. That standing capability means the path from a confirmed result to a prescription doesn't require sourcing a separate provider.
PrEP, daily oral medication that keeps HIV from establishing infection, is prescribed and managed at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, alongside PEP for post-exposure intervention. Both require the HIV testing, baseline labs, and follow-up monitoring that a hospital-affiliated clinic is positioned to run without routing any piece of it elsewhere.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Norfolk Department of Health requires an appointment, and that single scheduled visit covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, and TB testing on a sliding-scale fee accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. With same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs and care available in Spanish.
At Norfolk Department of Health, the testing panel is drawn from blood and samples for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, and TB. Each run on-site and each with a corresponding treatment pathway when results come back positive. That operational breadth means fewer separate appointments to piece together a complete picture of your status.
Norfolk Department of Health carries standing prescribing capacity for both PrEP and PEP, and offers PrEP specifically at no cost for uninsured patients. For anyone without a primary care provider to route prevention medication through, this clinic handles initiation and ongoing management directly.
Spanish-language services at Norfolk Department of Health extend into the clinical encounter itself, so questions, history, and instructions move in the language a patient uses at home. That directness reduces the chance that something important gets simplified or missed during the visit.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk runs STI testing and HIV care within an academic medical setting, where appointment-based visits cover HIV test counseling, medication adherence education, and standard panel testing on a fee or donation basis.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Southeastern Virginia Health System in Chesapeake tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, treating bacterial STIs the same visit. Fees run on a sliding scale, with Medicare and insurance also accepted. Appointments are required.
Missing hepatitis B or C means a second appointment elsewhere, a separate billing cycle, and weeks of uncertainty about results that belong in the same conversation as your syphilis or gonorrhea screen. Southeastern Virginia Health System runs both hepatitis tests alongside the standard bacterial and HIV panel, so the full picture is in one place.
Southeastern Virginia Health System prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, which means ongoing HIV prevention is managed by the same clinicians who handle your testing. Building a continuous care relationship rather than a one-time transaction.
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Minority AIDS Support Services in Norfolk tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C. All at no fee, for everyone, on a sliding scale that bottoms out at zero. Bacterial STIs are treated same visit; an appointment is required.
The no-fee structure at Minority AIDS Support Services isn't a waiver program or a grant window, it's the operating model. Testing, treatment, PrEP, PEP, DoxyPEP, hepatitis C treatment, and HIV/AIDS medical management are all staffed and billed at no charge, with Medicaid and insurance accepted when available to offset costs on the backend.
Minority AIDS Support Services in Norfolk provides services in Spanish and carries interpretation access for other languages as a standard part of how appointments are structured, not an add-on requested at check-in. For a visit involving DoxyPEP dosing guidance, PrEP adherence counseling, or hepatitis C treatment planning, the clinical conversation happens in the language the patient uses to reason through their own health.
Leaving a testing appointment with only a prescription referral for PrEP or DoxyPEP means another intake, another wait, and a gap where prevention lapses. Minority AIDS Support Services in Norfolk holds PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP in-house alongside the testing that triggers them, so the decision to start doesn't stall at a handoff.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
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 Portsmouth, 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 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 Portsmouth city, 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.
3636 High Street, Portsmouth, VA 23707
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
600 Crawford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Portsmouth. 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, 1,023 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Portsmouth. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 366 offer telehealth.
Linwood Joyner, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 3640 High Street, Portsmouth
Mikias Kebede, MD
Internal medicine · 3636 High Street, Portsmouth
Manali Patel, MD
Infectious disease · 3636 High Street, Portsmouth
Mohammad Yunas, MD
Family medicine · 3003 High Street, Portsmouth
David Ko, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 1800 A Frederick Boulevard, Portsmouth
Doris Rice, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 3921 Kingman Avenue, Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth, VA 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.
Maryview Outpatient Pharmacy
0.8 miSuburban Pharmacy
1.0 miFishing Point Health Care
1.1 mi
1.2 mi Sri Drug Center Pharmacy
1.3 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Portsmouth, VA.
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 Portsmouth, 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 $0 insured
Telehealth STI treatment and sexual-health care, delivered or to your pharmacy
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
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 Portsmouth city, the city that includes Portsmouth, compare with Virginia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~29% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#1 of 133 Virginia counties for chlamydia, among the very highest in the state
| Infection | Portsmouth city | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 1696.4 1,642 cases ▲ 259% | 472.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 655 634 cases ▲ 314% | 158.3 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 34.1 33 cases ▲ 219% | 10.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 37.2 36 cases ▲ 292% | 9.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 51.7 50 cases ▲ 227% | 15.8 | 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 Portsmouth city, chlamydia has risen from 1341 to 1696.4 per 100,000 (27%), gonorrhea has fallen from 700.6 to 655 per 100,000 (7%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 25.5 to 34.1 per 100,000 (34%).
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 Portsmouth city.
Local HIV snapshot
Portsmouth city HIV care continuum (2023)
Portsmouth city recorded 27.4 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 11.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Portsmouth city residents living with HIV, 76.7% are in care · 68.3% 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 Portsmouth city tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Lynn Shores sits close enough to the water that residents can hear the tide shift, but daily life there, like in Greenbrier across the city, runs on tight household budgets. With most adults either working or actively looking, and a meaningful share of the workforce currently between jobs, the month's rent lands before much else does. Nearly half of Portsmouth households rent rather than own, and at roughly a thousand dollars a month that payment crowds out discretionary spending, including the kind of healthcare appointments that feel optional until they aren't.
That financial reality matters because a large share of Portsmouth residents are young adults still in the years when STI rates run highest, people forming new relationships while juggling hourly schedules, shared households averaging more than three people, and a cost of living that leaves little room for unplanned medical bills. The options listed on this page include a spread of clinics in and around Portsmouth, several with sliding-scale or low-cost fees that make testing genuinely accessible rather than just technically available. Fewer than one in five households here clears six figures, so the fee structures on those clinic cards carry real weight.
From Greenbrier, Frederick Boulevard connects to several of the nearest listed options without a complicated drive. Checking the hours and fees on this page before you leave that neighborhood is the most straightforward first move Portsmouth residents can make.
Getting there
Portsmouth scores 13.13/20 on the EPA walkability index, so many trips are walkable or a short ride, though a car still gives you the widest choice of testing centers.
Source: EPA National Walkability Index 2021.
ZIP 23703 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 23703 area around Portsmouth: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Portsmouth alone.
Portsmouth sits in Portsmouth city, ZIP 23703. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Portsmouth? 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 Portsmouth city: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Virginia 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 Portsmouth-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 Portsmouth 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 |
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| 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 Virginia 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 Virginia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Virginia 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 VirginiaSource: 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.
There are 12 options within a 30-mile drive.
Free at public clinics. Private labs run about $24 for one test and $139 for a full panel; at-home kits are $49+.
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.
Portsmouth city reported ~1,696 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Virginia average.
At-home kits mail to 23703: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Virginia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Chlamydia is checked with a simple urine sample or a swab; lab results usually come back in a day or two.
Herpes isn't in standard panels unless you have symptoms, a sore can be swabbed, or a blood test discussed with a provider.
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