Sussex County reports about 511 chlamydia cases per 100,000 residents, near the US average. Whether it's your first STI test or a routine screening in Waverly, Virginia, weigh options: some clinics take walk-ins for same-day testing, while labs and at-home kits let you plan around your own time. Find choices in the list below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Waverly, VA. The nearest, Waverly Medical Center, is about 0.1 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.
Waverly Medical Center in Waverly ties STI screening fees to each patient's income, so cost is never a barrier to care. Federally qualified and walk-in friendly, the clinic offers sliding-scale syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening without requiring an appointment.
Tests offered
Fees & payment
Virginia Department of Health in Sussex runs every service (testing, treatment, vaccines, DoxyPEP) at no charge, with a sliding scale for any incidental fees and Medicaid accepted. Appointments are required; the panel covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, HIV, and TB.
Every service at Virginia Department of Health in Sussex, from the initial test to STI treatment to vaccines, is provided at no cost. The downstream effect is straightforward: the financial variable disappears entirely, and the clinical decision stays between you and the provider.
Most public health clinics don't stock DoxyPEP at all, leaving patients to track down providers who understand the protocol. Virginia Department of Health in Sussex prescribes it on-site as a routine prevention option, no outside referral chain required.
The panel at Virginia Department of Health in Sussex includes herpes alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. infections rather than the common four. That fifth test changes what a single appointment can actually rule out.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Ivor Medical Center, serving Ivor, carries federal qualification that translates directly into income-based sliding-scale fees for STI screening (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) with no appointment required, so anyone needing testing can walk in and pay only what their income allows.
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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 less than a 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 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.
Local clinicians
Beyond dedicated clinics, 203 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 72 offer telehealth.
George Coleman, MD
Family medicine · 344 West Main Street, Waverly
Linda Brown Trudel, MD
Family medicine · 456 East Main Street, Waverly
Edward Moschler, MD
OB-GYN · 27930 Troublefield Lane, Stony Creek
Alton Hart, MD
Internal medicine · 474 Colonial Trail West, Dendron
Valencia Williams
Family medicine · 440 Colonial Trail West, Dendron
Starla Kiser Telehealth
Internal medicine · 601 Old Wagner Road, Petersburg
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, 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.
Waverly Pharmacy
0.1 miHorizon Health Services
0.1 miDonald W Rawlings
16 miPrince George Pharmacy
17 miCentral Virginia Health Services
18 miVPK Shah Meds
21 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Waverly, 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 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.
$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
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 Sussex County, the county that includes Waverly, compare with Virginia and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~24% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#34 of 133 Virginia counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 74% of the state
| Infection | Sussex County | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 511.3 55 cases ▲ 8% | 472.8 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 167.3 18 cases ▲ 6% | 158.3 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 10.7 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 9.3 1 cases ▼ 2% | 9.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | — no data | 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 Sussex County, chlamydia has fallen from 544.8 to 511.3 per 100,000 (6%), gonorrhea has fallen from 193.9 to 167.3 per 100,000 (14%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 9.2 to 9.2 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 Sussex County.
Local HIV snapshot
Sussex County HIV care continuum (2020)
Sussex County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2020), against 11.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Sussex County residents living with HIV, 64.3% are in care · 52.4% 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 Sussex County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Waverly's Broadwater neighborhood anchors a town where most households run large, multiple generations or extended families sharing space under one roof, and where a significant share of working-age adults are either between jobs or outside the formal labor market entirely. That combination shapes daily schedules in ways that rarely match the tidy "call ahead and book a Tuesday at noon" model of preventive care. Roughly four in ten households here rent, and at rents that consume a meaningful slice of take-home pay, an unexpected clinic fee can quietly become the reason a visit gets postponed indefinitely.
For people in their late teens and twenties, the years when STI rates climb steeply and relationships are often in flux, that scheduling and cost uncertainty matters most. Sussex County's STI picture reinforces why low-barrier access isn't abstract here: it's the practical difference between a test that fits a complicated week and one that never quite happens. The range of options listed on this page (varied by hours, fee structure, and distance) gives Broadwater residents and anyone else along West Main Street a realistic shot at finding one appointment that actually sticks.
Getting there
At 5.59/20 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 23890 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 23890 area around Waverly: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Waverly alone.
Waverly sits in Sussex County, ZIP 23890. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Nearby cities & towns
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 Sussex 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 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 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.
There are 7 options within a 30-mile drive.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it, and public clinics are free either way.
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.
Sussex County reported ~511 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Virginia average.
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.
Usually urine or a swab for chlamydia/gonorrhea, and blood for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis.
Go to an ER or call RAINN (800-656-4673); they provide testing, PEP, and support right away.
No, symptoms mean test now; the window period only applies to symptom-free screening.
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