Chlamydia reporting in Kanawha County runs about 16% lower than the US average. If it's your first STI test or a routine screening in South Charleston, West Virginia, consider whether you prefer the flexibility of labs or at-home kits, or the immediacy of walk-in clinics. We've listed some options below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for South Charleston, WV. The nearest, FamilyCare Health Centers - South Charleston, is about 0.9 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.
FamilyCare Health Centers - South Charleston earns its federally qualified designation partly by tying fees to income, no one is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with costs scaled to what each patient actually earns.
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Family Health Associates of the Kanawha Valley in Charleston handles the full diagnostic panel (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and HIV) with same-visit bacterial treatment and sliding-scale fees; appointments are required. PrEP and PEP are prescribed on-site.
Family Health Associates prescribes both daily oral PrEP and PEP directly, with the ongoing lab monitoring and adherence counseling built into the same practice. No outside infectious disease referral required to initiate or maintain either regimen.
Plenty of testing sites confirm a hepatitis C antibody and send patients elsewhere to find treatment. Family Health Associates of the Kanawha Valley closes that gap, antiviral treatment for hepatitis C is managed on-site, so a positive result moves directly into a care plan without hunting down a specialist.
When a clinic only runs gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, herpes and hepatitis slip through untested, and an undetected hepatitis B or a missed herpes diagnosis carries real clinical consequences. Family Health Associates tests for all three hepatitis strains, herpes, and TB alongside the core four, so nothing requires a second visit to a separate lab.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
FamilyCare Health Center - Patrick Street, Charleston, carries federal qualification that ties its STI screening fees to a sliding income scale. Walk-ins are welcome, and a single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing. No appointment needed to get started.
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Recovery Point of Charleston, in Charleston, earned its federally qualified health center designation by meeting federal standards for income-based sliding-scale care: making STI screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia reachable for people paying cash, between providers, or working with a limited income.
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West Virginia Health Right in Charleston provides every service (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C testing) at no fee, accepting Medicaid and Medicare as well. Appointments are required, and bacterial STIs are treated the same visit.
West Virginia Health Right charges nothing for any service it provides, testing, treatment, counseling, prevention. That flat reality means a patient pursuing PrEP, hepatitis C treatment, and STI care in a single visit leaves without a bill for any of it.
West Virginia Health Right maintains Spanish-language capacity directly within the clinic and arranges live interpretation for other languages: meaning counseling, medication adherence education, and treatment discussions happen in the language the patient uses, with a person present who can respond in real time.
Many testing clinics confirm exposure risk but stop short of writing a prevention prescription, patients leave with information and a follow-up task. West Virginia Health Right prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP on-site, keeping the full prevention pathway inside one clinic.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Listing verified Nov 2025 · 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 South Charleston, 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.
Also in the area
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Kanawha 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.
700 Technology Drive, Charleston, WV 25309
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
4605 Maccorkle Avenue, South Charleston, WV 25309
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
1740 Union Carbide Drive, Building 740, South Charleston, WV 25303
CMS-certified lab
167 11th Avenue, South Charleston, WV 25303
CMS-certified lab
24 Maccorkle Avenue Southwest Suite 201, South Charleston, WV 25303
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Showing the nearest 5 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near South Charleston. 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, 332 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of South Charleston. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 100 offer telehealth.
Edward Neely, MD
Family medicine · 4812 Maccorkle Avenue Southwest, Charleston
Farzin Rahmanou, DO Telehealth
Internal medicine · 801 Peyton Way, Charleston
Dragana Orlovic, MD Telehealth
Infectious disease · 500 Poplar Street, Charleston
Jacob Baker, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 400 Division Street, South Charleston
Kiran Patel, MD
OB-GYN · 401 Division Street, South Charleston
Temitayo Ogundipe, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 4605 Maccorkle Avenue Southwest, South Charleston
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 South Charleston, WV 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.
0.7 mi Bee Well Pharmacy
0.9 miBuy-Fast Pharmacy
0.9 miMain Street Pharmacy
0.9 mi
1.2 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to South Charleston, WV.
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 South Charleston, 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
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
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 Kanawha County, the county that includes South Charleston, compare with West Virginia 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.
#1 of 55 West Virginia counties for chlamydia, among the very highest in the state
| Infection | Kanawha County | West Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 414.7 725 cases ▲ 67% | 249 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 105.8 185 cases ▲ 93% | 54.7 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 26.9 47 cases ▲ 147% | 10.9 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 12 21 cases ▲ 97% | 6.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 48.6 85 cases ▲ 198% | 16.3 | 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 Kanawha County, chlamydia has fallen from 441.5 to 414.7 per 100,000 (6%), gonorrhea has fallen from 213 to 105.8 per 100,000 (50%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 11.6 to 26.9 per 100,000 (132%).
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 Kanawha County.
Local HIV snapshot
Kanawha County HIV care continuum (2023)
Kanawha County recorded 13.2 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 6.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Kanawha County residents living with HIV, 85.5% are in care · 77.9% 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 Kanawha County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Kenna Homes runs close enough to MacCorkle Avenue that its residents can read the rhythm of South Charleston without much effort, and most of those households are owner-occupants who have planted themselves here for the long run. That stability shapes daily life in real ways: with nearly two-thirds of working-age adults in the labor force and a meaningful share carrying schedules that don't bend easily, health appointments tend to get deferred rather than declined outright. That's worth holding in mind when thinking about young adults in their late teens and twenties, a group that, city-wide, accounts for a real share of the population and one for whom regular STI screening is genuinely time-sensitive.
Kanawha County's STI figures give that weight: chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis don't distribute evenly across age, and the years when people are most actively forming relationships are precisely the years when a straightforward, low-cost appointment makes the most practical difference. Typical rent here stays below the statewide average, which helps on paper, but a household budget running close to those numbers still treats any avoidable medical bill as a reason to wait.
Getting there
At 6.35/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in South Charleston 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 25309 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 25309 area around South Charleston: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not South Charleston alone.
South Charleston sits in Kanawha County, ZIP 25309. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside South Charleston? 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 Kanawha County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under West 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 South Charleston-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 South Charleston 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 West 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 West Virginia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
West 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 West 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.
The closest is FamilyCare Health Centers - South Charleston (0.9 mi); 9 options are within 30 miles.
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 415 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the West Virginia average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In West Virginia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
A urine sample or a swab (genital, throat, or rectal) detects gonorrhea, often tested alongside chlamydia.
Likely yes, if you were past the window period; otherwise retest, and keep up routine screening with new partners.
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