Montgomery County, Georgia reported gonorrhea rates run about 14% higher than the US average. Whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind in Uvalda, Georgia, you can choose between clinics that may bill insurance or offer sliding-scale fees, or private labs that let you pay a flat self-pay price. The list below outlines your options.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Uvalda, GA. The nearest, Georgia Department of Public Health, is about 10.7 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.
Georgia Department of Public Health in Mount Vernon takes walk-ins, so a single visit covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, and herpes testing alongside TB screening, STI treatment, and family planning. All on a sliding-scale fee with Medicaid and insurance accepted.
Leaving herpes off a visit means a separate appointment at a separate clinic: another fee, another wait, and a gap in your picture in the meantime. Georgia Department of Public Health in Mount Vernon builds herpes testing into its panel, so your results reflect the full picture the first time.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
East Georgia HealthCare Center, in Mount Vernon, carries full federally qualified health center standing. Meaning its STI screening fees slide with your income, not a flat rate. Walk in for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing; no appointment is needed to get started.
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MainStreet Family Care in Hazlehurst accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance, with a fee schedule for those paying directly. Walk-ins are welcome for the full panel (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, herpes, hepatitis B and C, and TB) with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and PrEP and PEP on offer.
Herpes and both hepatitis strains, B and C, left off a standard panel mean a second appointment elsewhere, another co-pay, and a gap where an active infection sits unaddressed. MainStreet Family Care in Hazlehurst tests for all of them at the same visit, closing that gap before it opens.
MainStreet Family Care in Hazlehurst prescribes PrEP, a daily oral regimen that substantially reduces HIV acquisition risk, and manages PEP for those who need it, both supported by the on-site HIV testing and counseling that ongoing prevention requires.
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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 11 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Uvalda, 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.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 35 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Uvalda. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 5 offer telehealth.
James Yost, MD
Family medicine · 3193 East 1st Street, Vidalia
Michael Austin, MD
Internal medicine · 118 East Broad Street, Mount Vernon
Dennis Spencer, DO
OB-GYN · 163 South Tallahassee Street, Hazlehurst
Kirk Munsayac, DO
Family medicine · 163 South Tallahassee Street, Hazlehurst
Donald Garrison, DO
Family medicine · 163 South Tallahassee Street, Hazlehurst
Samuel Featherston, MD
Internal medicine · 110 R T Stanley Sr Place, Lyons
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 Uvalda, GA 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.
Mount Vernon Drug Company
11 miAllcare Pharmacy, Floral & Gifts
11 miLumber City Drugs
12 miMitch's Pharmacy
13 mi
13 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Uvalda, GA.
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 Uvalda, 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
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 Montgomery County, the county that includes Uvalda, compare with Georgia 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.
#46 of 159 Georgia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 71% of the state
| Infection | Montgomery County | Georgia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 707.7 62 cases ▲ 9% | 646.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 205.5 18 cases ▼ 25% | 274.8 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 34.2 3 cases ▲ 71% | 20 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 18.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | — no data | 35.8 | 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 Montgomery County, chlamydia has risen from 522.6 to 707.7 per 100,000 (35%), gonorrhea has risen from 139.4 to 205.5 per 100,000 (47%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 23.2 to 34.2 per 100,000 (47%).
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 Montgomery County.
Local HIV snapshot
Montgomery County HIV care continuum (2023)
Montgomery County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 25.5 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Montgomery County residents living with HIV, 77.8% are in care · 77.8% 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 Montgomery County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
East Main Street gives Uvalda its modest commercial spine, but the town's real character lives a few blocks off in quiet yards and shared driveways: a place where more than three-quarters of households own their homes, families run larger than the national norm, and health decisions tend to move at a household pace rather than an individual one. When a couple or a parent weighs a clinic visit, it often involves coordinating schedules around work, childcare, and a single car, not just a personal calendar slot. That coordination matters because nearly half the working-age population sits outside the formal labor force, and unemployment here is elevated enough that cost and time off carry real weight. With typical rents well under six hundred dollars a month and home values modest even by rural Georgia standards, out-of-pocket medical expenses can crowd out discretionary spending fast.
For younger adults in Uvalda (people in their late teens and twenties who are statistically at the highest risk of acquiring gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis) a screening visit that requires an hour's drive each way and a missed shift isn't a small ask. The options listed on this page vary in distance, hours, and fees, so comparing them before going is time well spent. Montgomery County's STI figures reflect a rural Southeast pattern that public health officials watch closely, and staying current on screening is how someone living on West Main Street or near Alston Walking Park keeps a routine exposure from becoming an untreated one.
Getting there
At 3.85/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Uvalda 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 30473 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 30473 area around Uvalda: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Uvalda alone.
Uvalda sits in Montgomery County, ZIP 30473. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Uvalda? 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 Montgomery County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Georgia 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 Uvalda-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 Uvalda 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 Georgia 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 Georgia, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Georgia 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 GeorgiaSource: 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.
4 testing options are within 30 miles of Uvalda, GA.
Most plans cover STD screening; a clinic or lab can bill insurance, or you can pay a flat self-pay price.
Yes, public clinics in the area offer free or low-cost 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 708 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the Georgia average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In Georgia, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
Yes, the CDC recommends STI screening early in pregnancy, since untreated infections can affect the baby.
A clinic offers same-day answers and on-site treatment; an at-home kit trades that for privacy and convenience, both use real lab testing.
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