Gonorrhea rates run about 72% lower in Logan County than the US average. Whether for a one-time concern or regular check-ups in Russellville, Kentucky, consider if you prefer collecting a sample yourself and mailing it in, or visiting a clinic for a provider to answer questions and start treatment. See your options below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Russellville, KY. The nearest, Barren River District Health Department, is about 1.2 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.
Barren River District Health Department in Russellville runs every service (testing, treatment, vaccines, counseling) at no charge, with sliding-scale fees and Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance also accepted. Appointments are required for rapid and conventional HIV tests, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis C, and TB.
Free HIV testing and free hepatitis C testing are the named anchors, but the no-fee structure extends to the full panel, STI treatment, TB care, partner notification, and all three available vaccines: HPV, hepatitis A, and adult hepatitis B. No single service at this clinic carries a charge.
Spanish is available across services at Barren River District Health Department in Russellville, which means counseling, prevention education, and partner notification discussions can all proceed directly in Spanish. Without separating those conversations from the clinical encounter.
Hepatitis C antibody testing is offered on-site alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and rapid or conventional HIV, and because TB testing and treatment are also available here, a single appointment can address a range of overlapping infection risks simultaneously.
Languages
English, Spanish
Tests offered
Serves
Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 10 miles from Russellville. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Blount Rural Health Center in Elkton carries federal FQHC designation, meaning fees scale to what patients actually earn. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Todd County Health Department in Elkton runs by appointment, and a single scheduled visit covers HIV (rapid or conventional), syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis C, and TB: with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, sliding-scale fees, and direct care in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, and Haitian Creole.
The standard assumption is that a clinic will connect you to interpretation services, a line, a screen, a lag. Todd County Health Department breaks that assumption: staff or qualified interpreters deliver care directly in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, with no mediated layer between clinician and patient.
Without Title X family planning on-site, a minor needing contraception or STI care alongside confidentiality faces a second appointment, a second provider, and a real risk of care never happening at all. At Todd County Health Department, Title X services, including legally confidential care for minors, are part of the same visit, closing that gap before it opens.
Leaving a clinic having tested only for the core four means herpes and hepatitis C stay unknown until symptoms force a separate appointment, often months later, often somewhere else. Todd County Health Department tests for both in the same visit, so active infections don't move through an undetected window while paperwork catches up.
Languages
American Sign Language, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Tests offered
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Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 15 miles from Russellville. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
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 1 mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Russellville, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 Logan 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.
1625 South Nashville Street South, Russellville, KY 42276
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Russellville. 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, 274 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Russellville. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 83 offer telehealth.
Jonathan Abbott, MD
OB-GYN · 1621 Nashville Street, Russellville
Nathaniel Phelps
Family medicine · 1625 Nashville Street, Russellville
Patrick Hayden, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 1719 Nashville Street, Russellville
Vivek Narain, MD Telehealth
Urology · 1623 Nashville Street, Russellville
Geeta Chavda, MD
Internal medicine · 101 West 2nd Street, Russellville
Kamal Singh, MD
Internal medicine · 1405 Nashville Street, Russellville
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 Russellville, KY 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.
0.4 mi Harris Prescription
0.5 miYates Pharmacy
0.5 miRiley-White
0.6 miShowing the 4 closest pharmacies to Russellville, KY.
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 Russellville, 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 $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
$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
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 Logan County, the county that includes Russellville, compare with Kentucky 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.
#63 of 120 Kentucky counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 48% of the state
| Infection | Logan County | Kentucky | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 222.7 63 cases ▼ 42% | 381.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 49.5 14 cases ▼ 63% | 134.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 17.7 5 cases ▲ 26% | 14.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 14.1 4 cases ▼ 3% | 14.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 7.1 2 cases ▼ 62% | 18.9 | 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 Logan County, chlamydia has fallen from 360.9 to 222.7 per 100,000 (38%), gonorrhea has fallen from 185.9 to 49.5 per 100,000 (73%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 3.6 to 17.7 per 100,000 (392%).
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 Logan County.
Local HIV snapshot
Federal priority area: Kentucky is one of the U.S. jurisdictions prioritized under the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative: targeted federal funding to expand local HIV testing, PrEP, and prevention.
Logan County HIV care continuum (2022)
Logan County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2022), against 10.4 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Logan County residents living with HIV, 72% are in care · 68% 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 Logan County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Carrico Park sits at the quieter edge of Russellville, and the daily rhythm around it (neighbors walking dogs, kids on bikes) can make the town feel self-contained and manageable. What that calm doesn't show is a workforce where roughly half of working-age residents aren't currently employed, and nearly a quarter of the population falls in the years when STI transmission tends to peak: late teens, twenties, early thirties, an age when relationships are forming and regular checkups rarely feel urgent. The economics here shape how people move through the week.
That's not a small consideration when you're deciding whether to follow through. Russellville's roughly even split between renters and homeowners reflects a community with real range, long-term residents alongside those still finding their footing, and the testing options listed here reflect that range too, varying in cost, hours, and location. For people balancing a household of three on a tight budget, knowing which clinic fits both the calendar and the wallet is the detail that actually moves things forward.
Getting there
At 5.31/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Russellville 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 42276 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 42276 area around Russellville: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Russellville alone.
Russellville sits in Logan County, ZIP 42276. Local context that shapes where residents test:
Local landmarks
Major routes
Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Russellville? 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 Logan County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Kentucky 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 Russellville-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 Russellville 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Kentucky 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 KentuckySource: 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.
Public clinics serve people without insurance, often on a sliding scale.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Logan County reported ~223 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Kentucky average.
In Kentucky, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
At-home kits mail to 42276: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
Your results are part of your HIPAA-protected medical record; you can ask any clinic about its own privacy practices.
A positive means treatment is the next step; many STIs are cured with antibiotics, and all are treatable.
No; "everything" means a panel of several tests, and some need a repeat later to be conclusive.
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