Henrico sees reported chlamydia 21% higher than the US average. If it's your first STI test or a routine screening in Tuckahoe, Virginia, you'll find that some clinics take walk-ins for same-day testing, while labs and at-home kits let you plan around your own schedule. See your options below.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for Tuckahoe, VA. The nearest, CrossOver Healthcare Ministry, is about 1.5 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.
CrossOver Healthcare Ministry in Richmond requires an appointment, and that scheduled visit covers the full panel (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, plus TB) with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and sliding-scale fees for everyone; HIV and hepatitis B and C are managed on-site.
CrossOver Healthcare Ministry operates on a completely free model: no fee for testing, no fee for treatment, no fee for prevention services like PrEP or DoxyPEP. For someone paying entirely out of pocket and without a regular provider, that standing policy means the full scope of care is available without any financial calculation at the door.
CrossOver Healthcare Ministry provides services directly in Spanish, French, and Portuguese, with interpretation available for other languages beyond those three. For a person whose primary language isn't English, this means discussing symptoms, understanding a diagnosis, and navigating a prevention regimen in the language they actually use. Not through a workaround.
CrossOver prescribes and monitors PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP directly within its clinical program: meaning the provider who writes the prescription also tracks labs, adjusts dosing, and handles adherence counseling as an integrated part of ongoing care, rather than as a one-time script handed off without follow-through.
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English, French, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Portuguese, Spanish
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Listing verified Jun 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Nationz Foundation in Henrico runs entirely on donated and grant funding, so every test and service carries no fee. Rapid HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis testing is available by appointment, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and sliding-scale access to PrEP.
Every service at Nationz Foundation (testing, treatment, prevention) is provided at no charge. That means a patient leaving with a prescription for DoxyPEP or starting PrEP faces no billing step afterward, no co-pay call, no outstanding balance to sort out later.
Many STI testing sites end their scope at the swab, prevention prescriptions get routed elsewhere. Nationz Foundation writes PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP directly, so the full arc of bacterial and viral prevention is handled in the same appointment rather than across multiple providers.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Commonwealth Primary Care in Richmond pairs gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing with same-visit antibiotic treatment for bacterial infections, so a positive swab doesn't stretch into a second appointment. Fees are charged on a sliding scale, with Medicare and private insurance accepted; a scheduled appointment is required.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
VCU Health in Richmond brings academic medical infrastructure to STI care: the full bacterial panel, sliding-scale fees, same-visit treatment for gonorrhea and chlamydia, and an appointment-based model that keeps care organized and PrEP and PEP consistently available.
VCU Health prescribes both PrEP and PEP on-site in Richmond, which means prevention planning stays with the same clinical team handling your testing and treatment. Continuity that keeps adherence counseling grounded in your actual care record rather than a separate conversation.
Leaving a clinic without herpes or hepatitis B and C results can mean a second appointment elsewhere, a gap where an undetected infection continues unmanaged. VCU Health's panel in Richmond covers both, so those results and any follow-on treatment come from the same visit and the same team.
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Listing verified Jun 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Westerre Conference Center in Henrico holds its doors open to patients paying cash, between providers, or working without insurance coverage: federally qualified status anchors sliding-scale fees to income, making syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening financially reachable for whoever walks in.
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A safety-net federally qualified health center about 4 miles from Tuckahoe. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Global Health and Education in Glen Allen runs a full STI panel (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, conventional HIV, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C) alongside family planning and treatment, all by appointment and entirely free of charge.
Skipping a test because of cost means an untreated infection can quietly progress or spread, that gap is exactly what Global Health and Education closes. Every service on the menu, from the initial test through treatment, runs on a no-fee basis, with donations accepted but never required.
Herpes testing and hepatitis A, B, and C screening are routinely skipped at clinics that cap their panels at gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. Global Health and Education in Glen Allen tests for all of them, so gaps that would go undetected elsewhere get caught in the same appointment.
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Virginia Department of Health in Henrico accepts Medicaid and most insurance, with sliding-scale fees covering the gap, and tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and herpes: bacterial infections treated the same visit, with HPV, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines available. An appointment is required. Care is delivered in Spanish.
The clinic tests for herpes alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, which means a single visit can produce a complete picture. Including an infection that a shorter panel would have missed entirely and left unaddressed.
Without access to DoxyPEP at Virginia Department of Health in Henrico, someone seeking bacterial STI prevention faces a gap between knowing the option exists and actually getting it prescribed. This clinic closes that gap, DoxyPEP is prescribed and monitored directly here, not deferred elsewhere.
Spanish-language care at Virginia Department of Health in Henrico is delivered through staff capacity: meaning clinical conversations, treatment instructions, and follow-up guidance happen directly in Spanish, without routing through an external service that operates at a remove from the clinical encounter.
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Listing verified Sep 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 about 2 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Tuckahoe, 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 range: couples & full panels
$79 & up
Best value: single tests
$49 & 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 Henrico 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.
1602 Skipwith Road, Richmond, VA 23229
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
1602 Skipwith Road, Richmond, VA 23229
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
1602 Skipwith Road, Richmond, VA 23229
CMS-certified lab Accredited · Joint Commission
5801 Bremo Road, Richmond, VA 23226
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
8007 Discovery Drive Suite A, Richmond, VA 23229
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
Showing the nearest 5 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Tuckahoe. 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, 1,080 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Tuckahoe. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 326 offer telehealth.
Tami Fountain-Ellis, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 9600 Patterson Avenue, Richmond
Timothy Wilson, MD
Family medicine · 1257 Marywood Lane, Henrico
Shazia Samdani, MD
Family medicine · 1380 North Parham Road, Richmond
Peter Minneci, MD
Family medicine · 1502 North Parham Road, Richmond
Larry Benson, MD
Family medicine · 8901 Three Chopt Road, Richmond
Arpita Aggarwal, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 8923 Three Chopt Road, Richmond
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 Tuckahoe, 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.
3.1 mi Martin's Pharmacy
3.2 miSams Pharmacy 10
3.9 miShowing the 3 closest pharmacies to Tuckahoe, 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 Tuckahoe, 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 $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
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 Henrico County, the county that includes Tuckahoe, compare with Virginia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~25% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#21 of 133 Virginia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 84% of the state
| Infection | Henrico County | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 595.7 1,994 cases ▲ 26% | 472.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 231.2 774 cases ▲ 46% | 158.3 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 22.7 76 cases ▲ 112% | 10.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 14 47 cases ▲ 47% | 9.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 18.8 63 cases ▲ 19% | 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 Henrico County, chlamydia has risen from 590.9 to 595.7 per 100,000 (1%), gonorrhea has fallen from 272.4 to 231.2 per 100,000 (15%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 16.4 to 22.7 per 100,000 (38%).
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 Henrico County.
Local HIV snapshot
Henrico County HIV care continuum (2023)
Henrico County recorded 18.3 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 11.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Henrico County residents living with HIV, 84.9% are in care · 77% 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 Henrico County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Patterson Avenue cuts through Tuckahoe with the unhurried feel of a community that has largely settled in, where nearly two-thirds of residents own their homes and household sizes run larger than the Virginia average. That stability is real, but it coexists with a portion of the community that is actively renting at costs that leave less slack in a monthly budget, and a meaningful share of working-age adults who are currently outside the labor force altogether. For younger adults in Tuckahoe, people in their late teens and twenties who tend to form new relationships and change housing more frequently than their neighbors, those pressures can make a routine appointment feel lower priority than the week's other demands.
Getting to any of them involves a car trip and carved-out time, which matters when a household is running on a single income or around school and work schedules shaped by an average family that includes children. For the roughly three in eight households here that clear six figures, out-of-pocket costs at sliding-scale or low-cost sites may feel minor. For renters keeping up with a $1,160 monthly payment on a tighter income, a clinic's fee schedule and whether it bills insurance directly can be the detail that determines whether a test gets scheduled this month or deferred.
Getting there
At 8.17/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Tuckahoe 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 23229 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 23229 area around Tuckahoe: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Tuckahoe alone.
Tuckahoe sits in Henrico County, ZIP 23229. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Tuckahoe? 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 Henrico County: 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 Tuckahoe-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 Tuckahoe 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 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.
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.
Henrico County reported ~596 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Virginia average.
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.
Most results are ready in about 1–2 days.
Clinics give immediate care and treatment; home kits win on convenience and discretion. Either works.
Pregnancy screening is standard; ask about an early-pregnancy STI panel.
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