In Humphreys County, the rate of reported chlamydia incidents runs about 62% lower than the US average. When you need STI testing in Waverly, Tennessee 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. Consider your choices below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Waverly, TN. The nearest, Dickson Medical Associates, is about 1.2 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 safety-net rural health clinic about 1 mile from Waverly. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Tennessee Department of Health in Waverly tests for HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections confirmed on the spot, and every test, vaccine, and follow-up visit runs on a sliding scale, with STI and HIV testing offered at no charge.
All services at Tennessee Department of Health in Waverly are provided at no fee, which means the cost of treatment, not just the test, is off the table from the first appointment forward.
Care at Tennessee Department of Health in Waverly is delivered in Spanish, so treatment decisions, test results, and prevention planning happen in the same language the conversation starts in.
Tennessee Department of Health in Waverly carries hepatitis C treatment on-site, meaning a positive diagnosis moves directly into a managed treatment plan without sending the patient elsewhere to find a prescriber.
Languages
English, Spanish
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Fees & payment
Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
A safety-net rural health clinic about 26 miles from Waverly. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Three Rivers Community Health Group-Hickman in Lyles earned its federally qualified designation partly by anchoring STI care to a sliding-scale fee structure tied to income: meaning syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening adjusts to what patients can actually pay, no appointment needed to get started.
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Perry County Medical Center in Linden carries federal FQHC designation, which means fees scale to income and no patient is turned away for inability to pay. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
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Fees & payment
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 1 mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Waverly, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 Humphreys 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.
451 Highway 13 South, Waverly, TN 37185
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Waverly. 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, 66 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Waverly. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 11 offer telehealth.
James Knox, MD
Family medicine · 451 Hwy 13 South, Waverly
George Mathai, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 224 Long Street, New Johnsonville
Robert Wilson, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 21 West Roby Drive, Erin
Michael Carter, MD
Family medicine · 4891 East Main Street, Erin
Reggie Henderson, MD
Family medicine · 5001 East Main Street, Erin
Tanner Evans, MD
Family medicine · 5001 East Main Street, Erin
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 Waverly, TN 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.
Phipps Pharmacy Waverly
1.0 miTrull Family Pharmacy
1.1 mi
1.2 mi Freds Pharmacy 3276
1.6 miHerbison Medical
8.4 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Waverly, TN.
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 Waverly, 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.
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
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
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 Humphreys County, the county that includes Waverly, compare with Tennessee 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.
#75 of 95 Tennessee counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 21% of the state
| Infection | Humphreys County | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 187.4 36 cases ▼ 64% | 517.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 41.6 8 cases ▼ 78% | 186.4 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 14.8 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | — no data | 11.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 15.6 3 cases ▼ 41% | 26.4 | 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 Humphreys County, chlamydia has fallen from 310.7 to 187.4 per 100,000 (40%), gonorrhea has fallen from 68.5 to 41.6 per 100,000 (39%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 5.2 to 5.2 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 Humphreys County.
Local HIV snapshot
Humphreys County HIV care continuum (2023)
Humphreys County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 14.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Humphreys County residents living with HIV, 78.3% are in care · 78.3% 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 Humphreys County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
TN 13 stretches through the center of Waverly, and for most residents a clinic visit means getting in a car: there's no sidewalk shortcut to testing, and the options listed on this page sit at varying distances along routes like that. For a town where rents around $600 a month leave limited budget cushion, and where a substantial share of households don't have two incomes coming in, the cost and scheduling calculus around healthcare is real. An unemployment rate as high as Waverly's means irregular schedules cut both ways: some people have more daytime flexibility, others are managing job searches and finances that crowd out anything that feels discretionary. That pressure lands unevenly on younger adults, people in their late teens and twenties who make up a meaningful slice of Waverly's population and who are statistically in the years when STIs are most likely to go undetected simply because testing never quite gets scheduled.
The options listed on this page include clinics in and around Waverly reachable via State Highway 13 and North Cooley Avenue, with sliding-scale and low-cost options worth checking before assuming a visit is out of reach. Waverly skews toward homeowners and toward households with children, average sizes here run larger than the national norm. In a community built around those household structures, routine screening is just another thing partners and families quietly manage together.
Getting there
At 5.56/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Waverly 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 37185 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 37185 area around Waverly: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Waverly alone.
Waverly sits in Humphreys County, ZIP 37185. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Waverly? 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 Humphreys County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Tennessee 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 Waverly-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 Waverly 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Tennessee 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 TennesseeSource: 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 Dickson Medical Associates (1.2 mi); 5 options are within 30 miles.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing, and public clinics test for free regardless of coverage.
Yes, community and public clinics test the uninsured, with sliding-scale fees.
Local options test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Rapid HIV, a full panel covers the common ones.
About 187 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Tennessee average.
In Tennessee, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
A retest around 3 months after treatment is recommended for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
The sore can disappear on its own even though the infection remains; only testing confirms it's gone.
An exam can spot some signs, but most STIs are invisible without a lab test, an exam alone can't rule them out.
HPV and hepatitis B vaccines prevent those infections, ask a provider if you're due.
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