With syphilis reported at 98% higher than the US average in Chelan County, residents of Wenatchee, Washington seeking tests for a one-time concern or regular check-ups have options. Community and public clinics often provide low-cost or free tests, while private labs may offer faster results and more flexible scheduling. Below, see local testing options in Wenatchee.
Available testing centers
10 testing options are listed for Wenatchee, WA. The nearest, Confluence Health, is about 0.3 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.
Confluence Health in Wenatchee tests for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C on a sliding-scale fee, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections; appointments are required and insurance, including Medicare, is accepted.
Without a clinic that prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, prevention often stalls at a handoff. A second appointment, a separate provider, a delay that erodes follow-through. Confluence Health closes that gap by managing both medications in-house, including covering PrEP costs for uninsured patients.
Confluence Health runs hepatitis B antigen testing and hepatitis C antibody detection as standard components of its panel, not add-ons requiring a separate order. Clinicians review results and coordinate ongoing management for both infections directly, supported by in-house hepatitis A and B vaccination.
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Listing verified Aug 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
CVCH New Path in Wenatchee carries federally qualified health center standing, which means its STI screening (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) is priced on a sliding scale tied to what you actually earn, so cost stays proportional to income rather than fixed.
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A safety-net federally qualified health center about 1 mile from Wenatchee. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
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Columbia Valley Community Health (CVCH) in Wenatchee requires an appointment, and that scheduled visit covers the full bacterial and viral panel (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis A, B, and C, TB, and HIV) with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, on a sliding-scale fee, with care available in Spanish.
CVCH delivers STI care directly in Spanish, not through a relay but as a native capacity of the clinic. For someone who negotiates medical decisions, weighs treatment options, or asks follow-up questions in Spanish, that means every exchange with a provider carries the same depth it would in English.
CVCH prescribes both PrEP and PEP directly, which means a patient leaves with an actual prevention plan, medication in hand or in process, rather than a name to call later. CVCH also covers PrEP costs for patients without insurance.
Without co-located substance-use treatment, a patient navigating both concerns faces two separate intake processes, two sets of providers who may never communicate, and a gap where one condition quietly undermines the other. At CVCH, substance-use treatment sits alongside STI care, so that gap doesn't open.
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
CVCH Wic in Wenatchee carries federal health center certification, which means STI screening (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) is priced on a sliding scale tied to your income. No appointment is needed to access that adjusted-fee care.
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CVCH Hope Health in Wenatchee welcomes walk-ins for STI screening without an appointment. Federally qualified status anchors its sliding-scale fee structure, so cost adjusts to income. A single visit can cover syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing for anyone who walks through the door.
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Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho in Wenatchee runs by appointment and covers gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and rapid HIV testing on a sliding-scale fee, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections and HPV vaccination available.
Spanish-language services and interpretation for other languages are built into every appointment here, meaning a patient's questions, history, and treatment instructions all move in the same conversation. Nothing gets compressed or skipped in translation.
As a Title X clinic, Planned Parenthood Wenatchee provides family planning services, including STI testing and contraception, with legally confidential care for minors, so a young person's visit and results are protected from disclosure without their consent.
Chasing down PrEP, PEP, or DoxyPEP through a separate prescriber means added appointments, delays, and gaps in coverage: at Planned Parenthood Wenatchee, all three are prescribed and managed on-site, keeping prevention continuous rather than contingent on another provider's calendar.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
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 Wenatchee, 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.
Also in the area
Beyond the public testing sites above, these federally certified (CLIA) labs serve Chelan 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.
1201 South Miller Street, Wenatchee, WA 98801
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
600 Orondo Ave Suite 1, Wenatchee, WA 98801
CMS-certified lab
2530 Chester Kimm Road, Wenatchee, WA 98801
CMS-certified lab
Showing the nearest 3 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Wenatchee. 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, 113 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Wenatchee. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 21 offer telehealth.
Toby Long, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 1201 South Miller Street, Wenatchee
Jordon Despain, MD
Family medicine · 820 North Chelan Avenue, Wenatchee
Robert Babuji, MD
Internal medicine · 600 Orondo Avenue, Wenatchee
Lutfiyah Haji, DO
Internal medicine · 600 Orondo Avenue, Wenatchee
Anton Grasch, MD
Family medicine · 933 Red Apple Road, Wenatchee
Adam O'Brien, MD
OB-GYN · 933 Red Apple Road, Wenatchee
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 Wenatchee, WA 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.
0.2 mi Haggen Opco North
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0.2 mi Upward View
0.3 miCentral Washington Health Services Association
0.3 miWenatchee Clinic Pharmacy
0.3 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Wenatchee, WA.
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 Wenatchee, 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 Chelan County, the county that includes Wenatchee, compare with Washington and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~27% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#11 of 39 Washington counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 72% of the state
| Infection | Chelan County | Washington | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 365 292 cases ▲ 3% | 354.4 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 63.8 51 cases ▼ 51% | 129.6 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 31.3 25 cases ▲ 47% | 21.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 16.3 13 cases ▲ 30% | 12.5 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 17.5 14 cases ▼ 24% | 22.9 | 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 Chelan County, chlamydia has risen from 341.5 to 365 per 100,000 (7%), gonorrhea has risen from 46.8 to 63.8 per 100,000 (36%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 6.3 to 31.3 per 100,000 (397%).
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 Chelan County.
Local HIV snapshot
Chelan County HIV care continuum (2021)
Chelan County recorded 7.5 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2021), against 6.3 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Chelan County residents living with HIV, 77.9% are in care · 67.4% 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 Chelan County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
North Wenatchee Avenue threads through the valley fast enough that the drive to reach a clinic listed here can feel like nothing, yet for a working household that reality depends entirely on when the appointment is available and whether someone can take the car. Rent in Wenatchee sits well below many Washington cities, but with nearly half of residents renting and a relatively modest share of households in the six-figure income range, a fee-based visit can still be the reason a person reschedules once, then forgets to rebook.
The city's household profile adds texture to that. Average households here run larger than the state norm, and with just over four in ten adults married, a significant share of residents are in partnerships where knowing one's status is a direct courtesy to someone else. Young adults in their late teens and twenties make up a meaningful slice of the population, and for that group specifically, the options listed on this page matter because a short errand on WA 285 during a lunch break is realistic; a half-day round trip is not.
Neighborhoods like South Wenatchee and West Wenatchee each sit at different distances from the clinics listed here, so the drive time varies by where someone starts. A household of three or four, working, paying rent, and managing a shared schedule is the common shape of life in Wenatchee, and screening fits most naturally when it asks little of that schedule.
Getting there
At 6.88/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Wenatchee 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 98801 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 98801 area around Wenatchee: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Wenatchee alone.
Wenatchee sits in Chelan County, ZIP 98801. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Wenatchee? 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 Chelan County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Washington 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 Wenatchee-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 Wenatchee 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 Washington 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 Washington, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Washington 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 WashingtonSource: 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, East Wenatchee, WA is close; compare it by distance against CVCH New Path.
Medicaid generally covers STD testing.
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 365 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), above the Washington average.
Yes, at-home kits ship to 98801; you collect a sample, mail it back, and get results in about 2–5 days.
In Washington, 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, partners should test and be treated together to avoid passing it back and forth.
Yes, test after the window period, and if HIV exposure is a concern, ask about PEP within 72 hours.
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