Syphilis reports in Leelanau County fall about 73% below the US average. Whether beginning a new relationship or maintaining ongoing care in Suttons Bay, Michigan, consider whether you prefer the lower price points of community and public clinics, or the faster results and more flexible scheduling of private labs. Your options appear below.
Available testing centers
5 testing options are listed for Suttons Bay, MI. The nearest, Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department, is about 2.7 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.
Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department in Lake Leelanau tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis C on a sliding scale, with appointments required, and every service is provided at no fee.
When cost sits between someone and treatment, bacterial STIs go uncleared and hepatitis C goes unmanaged. At Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department, no service carries a fee (not the test, not the treatment, not the vaccines) so cost never becomes the reason care stops.
Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department delivers STI care directly in Spanish: covering testing, treatment, counseling, and prevention education. For someone without a regular provider and paying no fee, that means the full visit unfolds in Spanish, not around it.
Rapid HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia make up the standard four that most clinics offer and stop at. Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department adds hepatitis C and TB to that list, catching chronic infections that a narrower panel would leave undetected.
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Listing verified Nov 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Health Clinic in Suttons Bay tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C. All at no fee. Appointments are required; same-visit treatment covers bacterial STIs, and HPV and hepatitis vaccines are available.
For anyone without insurance, between providers, or simply paying out of pocket, the clinic's across-the-board no-fee structure means testing, treatment, vaccines, and family planning all carry the same price: nothing. There is no tiered schedule, no portion billed later. The full range of services is free from the start.
STI clinics routinely treat the infection and leave underlying substance use to be addressed somewhere else entirely. Grand Traverse Band Health Clinic in Suttons Bay carries substance-use treatment as a direct clinical service, so both conditions can be addressed by the same care team rather than split across separate systems.
A standard four-infection panel leaves herpes and hepatitis untested unless a provider happens to add them. Here, the panel runs to herpes simplex, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. A breadth that reflects the clinic's full infectious-disease capacity rather than a minimum-standard approach.
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Listing verified Dec 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Northwest Michigan Health Services, in Traverse City, carries federally qualified health center standing. Meaning its STI screening fees slide with your income, not a fixed price. Walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing without needing an appointment first.
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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 3 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Suttons Bay, 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 Leelanau 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.
3865 West Front Street Suites 4 & 5, Traverse City, MI 49684
CMS-certified lab
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Suttons Bay. 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, 478 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Suttons Bay. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 169 offer telehealth.
Molly Lowe Telehealth
Nurse practitioner · 718 North Saint Joseph Street, Suttons Bay
Ann Kuenker, DO Telehealth
Family medicine · 516 Bridge Street, Elk Rapids
Christine Berg, NP Telehealth
Nurse practitioner · 3990 M 72, Williamsburg
Anna Keith
Nurse practitioner · 1105 6th Street, Traverse City
Jason Moyns, NP
Nurse practitioner · 1105 6th Street, Traverse City
Heather Frankle, NP
Nurse practitioner · 1105 6th Street, Traverse City
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 Suttons Bay, MI 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.
Hometown Pharmacy
0.6 miCorner Drugs
13 miRiver Pharmacy
13 mi
14 mi 
15 mi Hometown Pharmacy #64 - Sixth Street
15 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Suttons Bay, MI.
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 Suttons Bay, 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 Leelanau County, the county that includes Suttons Bay, compare with Michigan and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~10% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#71 of 83 Michigan counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 14% of the state
| Infection | Leelanau County | Michigan | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 117.3 27 cases ▼ 73% | 429.5 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 30.4 7 cases ▼ 80% | 152.2 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 4.3 1 cases ▼ 49% | 8.4 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 8.7 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 8.7 2 cases ▼ 33% | 13 | 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 Leelanau County, chlamydia has risen from 107.6 to 117.3 per 100,000 (9%), gonorrhea has risen from 17.9 to 30.4 per 100,000 (70%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 4.3 to 4.3 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 Leelanau County.
Local HIV snapshot
Leelanau County HIV care continuum (2023)
Leelanau County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 8.1 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Leelanau County residents living with HIV, 100% are in care · 91.7% 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 Leelanau County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Along M-22 where South West Bay Shore Drive curves toward the water, the young adults who do rent here, a notably small slice of the population, are often navigating early-career instability in a town built around owners who've long since settled in. With nearly two-thirds of adults married and households averaging well under three people, Suttons Bay skews toward established, rooted households; the under-35 crowd lives alongside a community that doesn't structurally center their particular life stage. That demographic reality shapes why low-barrier screening matters.
People still forming relationships, sorting out coverage, and working around irregular schedules don't always have the social infrastructure (a longtime doctor, a familiar clinic) that longer-settled residents do. A labor-force participation rate that reflects a heavily retired or semi-retired community also means clinic hours built for a nine-to-five crowd may actually suit fewer residents than they appear to, but younger working adults still need appointments that don't require burning a half-day. The options listed on this page serve Suttons Bay from surrounding areas, and that geography is real: M-22 is a beautiful drive, but it's still a drive.
Getting there
At 5.1/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Suttons Bay 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 49682 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 49682 area around Suttons Bay: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Suttons Bay alone.
Suttons Bay sits in Leelanau County, ZIP 49682. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
Just outside Suttons Bay? 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 Leelanau County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Michigan 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 Suttons Bay-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 Suttons Bay 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 Michigan 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 Michigan, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Michigan 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 MichiganSource: 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 4 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.
Leelanau County reported ~117 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Michigan average.
In Michigan, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
At-home kits mail to 49682: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
Negative is good news, just retest later if the test was soon after a possible exposure.
Your results are part of your HIPAA-protected medical record; you can ask any clinic about its own privacy practices.
Use condoms, test regularly, get the HPV and hep B vaccines, and ask about PrEP for HIV.
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