Reported chlamydia in Windsor County runs about 64% lower than the US average. Whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, you'll find local clinics and at-home kits for STI testing in Weathersfield, Vermont. Visiting a clinic lets a provider answer questions and start treatment, while an at-home kit lets you collect a sample on your own schedule and mail it in — see your options below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Weathersfield, VT. The nearest, North Star Health, is about 6.0 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.
Walk in without an appointment and North Star Health in Springfield handles gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, herpes, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB testing in one visit: bacterial infections treated the same day, fees on a sliding scale accepted alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Edgar May Health and Recreation Center in Springfield carries federally qualified health center status, which means STI screening costs are tied to your income. No fixed price locks anyone out. Walk-ins are welcome for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing, with fees adjusted on a sliding scale.
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Keady Family Practice in Claremont folds gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia testing into the rhythm of a family practice, where STI care sits alongside routine medicine: appointments required, fees waived across the board, and HPV and mpox vaccines available on the same visit.
For anyone paying cash, between insurance, or simply without a regular provider who absorbs these costs, Keady Family Practice in Claremont covers the full visit (testing, STI treatment, and vaccines) at no charge. Nothing is billed separately, and no service sits behind a different payment tier.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
A safety-net rural health clinic about 15 miles from Weathersfield. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Woodstock tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and hepatitis A, B, and C on a fee-based sliding scale, with insurance and Medicaid accepted. Bacterial STIs are treated at the same visit; an appointment is required.
Mount Ascutney's panel runs beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV to include herpes simplex, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Each drawn and processed through the hospital's own laboratory. That means one appointment covers bloodborne and viral infections that narrower panels route to separate visits or separate orders entirely.
Interpretation at Mount Ascutney is arranged through the hospital's established language-access infrastructure, drawing on the same staffing model used across its clinical departments. That means a clinician can walk through test results, medication adherence plans, or vaccine schedules in a language the patient uses. Not filtered through an ad hoc arrangement.
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Listing verified Nov 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 6 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Weathersfield, 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 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 Windsor 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.
25 Ridgewood Road, Springfield, VT 05156
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
215 North Main St Building 1 2nd Floor, White River Junction, VT 05009
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
220 Holiday Drive, Suite A, White River Junction, VT 05001
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Weathersfield. 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, 329 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Weathersfield. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 143 offer telehealth.
Jeffery Allyn, MD
Family medicine · 100 River Street, Springfield
Christopher Gamboa, MD
Family medicine · 25 Ridgewood Road, Springfield
Donald Mahler, MD
Internal medicine · 7 Dunning Street, Claremont
Virginia Alvord, MD
Family medicine · 243 Elm Street, Claremont
Jesper Brickley, DO
Family medicine · 243 Elm Street, Claremont
Daniel Caloras, MD
Family medicine · 250 Ceda Road, Charlestown
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 Weathersfield, VT 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.
Springfield Pharmacy
5.6 miPete's Pharmacy
5.7 miRiver Street Pharmacy
5.9 miNorth Star Health Pharmacy
5.9 miKinney Drugs
6.0 miGenoa Healthcare
6.6 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Weathersfield, VT.
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 Weathersfield, 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
$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
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 Windsor County, the county that includes Weathersfield, compare with Vermont 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.
#7 of 14 Vermont counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 50% of the state
| Infection | Windsor County | Vermont | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 175.6 102 cases ▼ 13% | 201.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 17.2 10 cases ▼ 49% | 34 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | — no data | 0.5 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 1.7 1 cases ▲ 21% | 1.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | — no data | 1.4 | 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 Windsor County, chlamydia has risen from 150.6 to 175.6 per 100,000 (17%), gonorrhea has fallen from 22.5 to 17.2 per 100,000 (24%), and P&S syphilis has held roughly steady from 1.7 to 1.7 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 Windsor County.
Local HIV snapshot
Windsor County HIV care continuum (2023)
Windsor County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 1.8 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Windsor County residents living with HIV, 40% are in care · 40% 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 Windsor County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
US 5 runs the length of Weathersfield along the Connecticut River, connecting a town where the overwhelming majority of residents own their homes and nearly six in ten adults are married. A household character that shapes how health decisions get made. Families here tend to plan together, with average households running close to three people, and that kind of stability can quietly fold health maintenance into shared routines rather than individual errand lists. That stability doesn't mean everyone's schedule bends easily.
Young adults still building relationships, the years when STI rates climb most sharply, face the same distance math as everyone else, and the options listed here give them a known destination rather than an uncertain search. Windsor County's STI figures provide the backdrop for what "staying current" actually means in Weathersfield. For someone living a few miles from the Upper Falls Covered Bridge or out past Weathersfield Center, knowing the county's baseline makes a routine screen less abstract. It's a calibration against a real local picture, not a precaution invented in the absence of one.
Getting there
At 5.49/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Weathersfield 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 05156 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 05156 area around Weathersfield: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Weathersfield alone.
Weathersfield sits in Windsor County, ZIP 05156. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Weathersfield? 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 Windsor County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Vermont 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 Weathersfield-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 Weathersfield 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 Vermont 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 Vermont, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Vermont 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 VermontSource: 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, Rutland, VT is close; compare it by distance against North Star Health.
Public clinics are free; private labs ~$24–$139, at-home kits $49+.
Yes, Keady Family Practice (7.4 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 176 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the Vermont average.
In Vermont, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 05156; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
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.
Yes, the CDC recommends STI screening early in pregnancy, since untreated infections can affect the baby.
Expedited partner therapy lets a provider treat a partner without an exam, where state law allows.
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