In Orange County, Texas, gonorrhea cases run about 50% lower than the US average. If you're in Vidor, Texas, for a one-time concern or regular check-ups, some clinics take walk-ins for same-day testing, while labs and at-home kits let you plan around your own time. Below are local options for STI testing.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Vidor, TX. The nearest, TAN Healthcare, is about 7.8 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.
A public STD-testing site about 8 miles from Vidor, run as a Federally Qualified Health Center with sliding-scale fees.
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American Sign Language, English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
The Lester Daigle Behavioral Health Center at TAN Healthcare, in Beaumont, carries full federally qualified health center standing, which means STI screening costs are tied directly to each patient's income. Walk-ins are welcome for sliding-scale syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing. No fixed price, no turned-away visits.
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A public safety-net federally qualified health center about 8 miles from Vidor. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Beaumont Public Health Department charges on a sliding scale tied to income, keeping gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing within reach regardless of insurance status. Walk-ins are welcome, bacterial infections are treated the same visit, and hepatitis A and B vaccines are available on-site.
Beaumont Public Health Department conducts testing, treatment, and counseling directly in Spanish, without routing through a secondary service. For someone navigating an unfamiliar system or managing care without a regular provider, having the full clinical conversation in Spanish, from first question to treatment plan, changes what's actually understood and acted on.
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Listing verified Mar 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas in Beaumont charges no fee for its services, with HIV testing free and Medicaid and private insurance accepted: covering gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and conventional HIV testing alongside STI treatment and family planning, with no appointment required.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · 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 8 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Vidor, 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 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 Orange 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.
1321 North 16th Street, Orange, TX 77630
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
6901 Medical Center Drive, Orange, TX 77630
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
3107 Edgar Brown Drive, Orange, TX 77630
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Vidor. 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, 138 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Vidor. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 26 offer telehealth.
Bruce Schultz, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 225 South Main Street, Vidor
Maria Blahey, MD
Family medicine · 755 North 11th Street, Beaumont
Sambasiva Sukhavasi, MD
Internal medicine · 755 North 11th Street, Beaumont
Amira Alkhatib, DO
OB-GYN · 3070 College Street, Beaumont
Christopher Dowdy, MD
OB-GYN · 3070 College Street, Beaumont
Jennifer Weber, DO
Family medicine · 3070 College Street, Beaumont
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 Vidor, TX 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.
T and T Pharmacy
1.0 miVidor Family Pharmacy
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1.5 mi Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy
1.6 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Vidor, TX.
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 Vidor, 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 Orange County, the county that includes Vidor, compare with Texas and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~26% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#120 of 254 Texas counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 53% of the state
| Infection | Orange County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 305.6 262 cases ▼ 38% | 491.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 89.8 77 cases ▼ 49% | 176.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 12.8 11 cases ▼ 15% | 15 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 25.7 22 cases ▼ 3% | 26.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 28 24 cases ▼ 37% | 44.3 | 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 Orange County, chlamydia has risen from 270 to 305.6 per 100,000 (13%), gonorrhea has fallen from 120.3 to 89.8 per 100,000 (25%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 3.5 to 12.8 per 100,000 (266%).
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 Orange County.
Local HIV snapshot
Orange County HIV care continuum (2023)
Orange County recorded 21.4 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 20.2 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Orange County residents living with HIV, 80.6% are in care · 66.1% 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 Orange County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
TX 12 through Vidor runs past the Veterans Memorial and out toward the flat pine country of Orange County, and the people living along it are, by any measure, a family-oriented bunch. More than half of adult residents are married, households here run larger than the national norm, and the majority own their homes outright rather than renting. That kind of stability shapes how health decisions get made: appointments tend to get weighed against school pickups, shift schedules, and a household budget where the typical home value is modest and fewer than one in five families clears a six-figure income. In neighborhoods like Lakewood and Maple Crest Acres, a trip to a clinic is rarely a solo errand.
That family character also means younger adults in their late teens and twenties, the years when chlamydia and gonorrhea rates climb steeply, are often balancing competing household responsibilities that can crowd out preventive care. Reaching the options listed on this page involves real driving, since Orange County's testing sites are spread across a largely rural stretch of Southeast Texas, and mid-week appointment slots can be hard to protect when labor-force participation runs well below national averages and the households that are working often run on tight, irregular schedules.
Orange County's STI figures reflect patterns common to rural East Texas, where screening tends to happen later and less often than it does in metro areas. For someone living between Claiborne West Park and the quiet side streets feeding onto TX 12, staying current on testing is simply part of knowing where you actually stand.
Getting there
At 5.35/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Vidor 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 77662 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 77662 area around Vidor: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Vidor alone.
Vidor sits in Orange County, ZIP 77662. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Vidor? 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 Orange County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Texas 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 Vidor-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 Vidor 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 Texas 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 Texas, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Texas 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 TexasSource: 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.
Possibly, Beaumont, TX is close; compare it by distance against Triangle Area Network.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
Yes, Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas (8.5 mi) offers free testing, and public clinics serve the uninsured.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 306 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Texas average.
In Texas, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
Yes, most chlamydia infections cause no symptoms, so screening is the only reliable way to catch it.
Yes, from a reputable lab, confirm any positive with a clinician for treatment.
A urine sample or a swab (genital, throat, or rectal) detects gonorrhea, often tested alongside chlamydia.
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