Chlamydia reports in Luzerne County run about 27% lower than the national average. Whether it's your first test or a routine screening in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, you can visit a clinic to get advice and start treatment, or choose an at-home kit to collect a sample when it's convenient for you. Find options below.
Available testing centers
12 testing options are listed for Wilkes-Barre, PA. The nearest, The Wright Center for Community Health, 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.
The Wright Center for Community Health in Wilkes-Barre operates on a sliding-scale fee structure (with Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance accepted) and extends free HIV testing to everyone; the standard panel covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and hepatitis C, with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections. Appointments are required.
The Wright Center's no-fee commitment isn't a waiver applied at checkout: it's built into how the clinic is funded and staffed, with billing coordinators who reconcile Medicaid, Medicare, sliding-scale adjustments, and grant dollars so that no service line gets quietly carved out as a billable exception.
Without Ryan White funding anchoring a clinic, a positive HIV result can set off a chain of handoffs: different providers, coverage gaps, and months without antiretroviral management. At The Wright Center, that chain doesn't form: Ryan White dollars underwrite the full continuum, from the initial conventional HIV test through ongoing HIV/AIDS medical treatment, inside one practice.
Plenty of testing sites can tell you your status but aren't set up to prescribe or manage HIV prevention medication. The Wright Center for Community Health writes and monitors PrEP prescriptions, including for uninsured patients, and carries PEP, making it one of the few testing locations in Wilkes-Barre where prevention and testing live in the same clinical encounter.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
McKinney Clinic in Wilkes Barre was built for people caught between coverage gaps: uninsured, underinsured, or paying out of pocket. Federal qualification anchors its sliding-scale fees, making syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening genuinely within reach for anyone, regardless of what they can pay.
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Rural Health Corporation of Northeastern a rural health clinic in Wilkes-Barre, weaves STI care into the same infrastructure handling ongoing primary care: meaning gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV testing sit alongside treatment, hepatitis A and B vaccines, and family planning, all on a sliding-scale fee with appointments required.
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Listing verified Feb 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Planned Parenthood Keystone in Wilkes-Barre tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and HIV on a sliding-scale fee with no appointment required; bacterial STIs are treated the same visit, and HPV and hepatitis B vaccines are available alongside PrEP and DoxyPEP, with Spanish and interpretation services on site.
Planned Parenthood Keystone in Wilkes-Barre carries Spanish-speaking staff and interpretation services for other languages as a standing part of care, not a workaround scheduled in advance. For anyone whose clearest thinking about dosing, side effects, or prevention options happens outside English, that capability is present at every appointment.
Without Title X, a minor seeking STI testing or contraception risks a gap that closes only after navigating a separate provider, separate costs, and a delay that can let an untreated infection progress. Planned Parenthood Keystone's Title X designation means legally confidential services for minors are available directly here, no second stop required.
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, taken within 72 hours of a sexual exposure to reduce bacterial STI risk, is prescribed at Planned Parenthood Keystone alongside daily oral PrEP for HIV prevention and PEP for post-exposure HIV management. Having all three in one practice means prevention strategy isn't capped at a single drug class.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Listing verified Oct 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Wilkes-Barre City Health Department operates as the city's public health authority, which means gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis C, and HIV testing come alongside TB screening and vaccination. All on appointment, all at no fee.
Every service at Wilkes-Barre City Health Department carries no charge, which means the fee line never shapes which tests a person agrees to. You can request the full panel without weighing cost against coverage.
Wilkes-Barre City Health Department staffs Spanish-language services directly and maintains interpretation access for other languages: meaning clinical conversations, counseling, and results are handled in the language the patient uses, without routing through a separate service.
Without Ryan White-backed infrastructure, a positive HIV result often lands a patient in a gap between testing and treatment. No case manager, no pathway to medication. Wilkes-Barre City Health Department's Ryan White funding keeps testing, counseling, and ongoing HIV care within a single connected program.
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English, Interpretation Services Available for Non-English Languages, Spanish
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN + HRSA
Caring Communities in Wilkes-Barre tests for HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and herpes on a sliding-scale basis (with free HIV, hepatitis C, and STI testing available) no appointment required, and same-visit treatment for bacterial infections.
Caring Communities charges nothing for any service it provides, which means PrEP consultations, STI treatment, and hepatitis testing all carry the same price tag: free. That zero extends across the board, so a patient managing multiple needs in a single visit leaves without a bill for any of them.
Caring Communities staffs Spanish-language care directly: counseling, medication adherence education, and PrEP monitoring are conducted in Spanish by the providers delivering them. That means prescriptions are explained, side-effect tracking is discussed, and follow-up instructions are given in Spanish at the clinical level, not patched in after the fact.
As a Title X-funded clinic, Caring Communities provides family planning services to minors under legally protected confidentiality. Meaning those services cannot be disclosed without the minor's consent. Contraception counseling and STI care for younger patients are built into the clinic's funded mandate, not handled as exceptions.
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Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Caring Community Health Center - Kistler Clinic, in Wilkes Barre, sets fees on a sliding scale tied to income. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Federal FQHC status backs that commitment. Walk-ins are welcome for STI screening covering syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
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Wyoming Valley AIDS Council in Wilkes-Barre runs entirely on a no-fee model: free HIV, hepatitis C, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis testing, with sliding-scale care, Medicaid and insurance accepted, and walk-ins welcome for same-visit bacterial STI treatment.
Sliding-scale clinics routinely exempt certain services (labs, vaccines, follow-up visits) from their free tier. Wyoming Valley AIDS Council charges nothing across the board: every test, every vaccine, every treatment visit carries the same price. That consistency means no guessing which line item will cost you.
Wyoming Valley AIDS Council in Wilkes-Barre provides services in Spanish and through on-site interpretation for other languages, a standing capability that matters for anyone whose regular care has been limited by language access. Medication adherence counseling and PrEP education land differently when the conversation runs in your own language from the start.
Wyoming Valley AIDS Council prescribes doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) alongside PrEP and PEP, three chemically distinct prevention strategies under one program. DoxyPEP's evidence base covers bacterial STIs including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, making its availability here a meaningful extension beyond what most HIV-prevention programs stock.
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Listing verified Oct 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 less than a mile away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Wilkes-Barre, 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 Luzerne 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.
1000 East Mountain Boulevard, Laboratory 34-60, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
25 Church Street, Wilkes Barre, PA 18765
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
1111 Eastend Blvd 3 North 3rd Floor, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
1177 Highway 315 Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702
CMS-certified lab
1000 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711
CMS-certified lab
Showing the nearest 5 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Wilkes-Barre. 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, 504 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Wilkes-Barre. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 194 offer telehealth.
Jennifer Gell, MD
OB-GYN · 1130 Hwy 315, Wilkes Barre
Maureen Litchman, MD
Family medicine · 90 East Union Street, Wilkes Barre
Stephanie Gill, MD
Family medicine · 169 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes Barre
Mark Bohn, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 100 North Wilkes Barre Boulevard, Wilkes Barre
Basant Mittal, MD
Internal medicine · 80 East Northampton Street, Wilkes Barre
Michael Kovalick, DO
Family medicine · 175 South Wilkes Barre Boulevard, Wilkes Barre
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 Wilkes-Barre, PA 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.
The Wright Center Pharmacy Wilkes Barre
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0.4 mi General Community Pharmacy
0.5 miGeisinger Pharmacy
0.6 miKingston Community Pharmacy
0.8 miShowing the 5 closest pharmacies to Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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 Wilkes-Barre, 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
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
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 Luzerne County, the county that includes Wilkes-Barre, compare with Pennsylvania and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~32% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#10 of 67 Pennsylvania counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 85% of the state
| Infection | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 360.7 1,181 cases ▼ 14% | 421.2 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 70.6 231 cases ▼ 51% | 144.7 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 11.6 38 cases ▲ 27% | 9.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 10.1 33 cases ▼ 2% | 10.3 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 15 49 cases ▲ 32% | 11.4 | 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 Luzerne County, chlamydia has fallen from 384.8 to 360.7 per 100,000 (6%), gonorrhea has fallen from 81.1 to 70.6 per 100,000 (13%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 4.9 to 11.6 per 100,000 (137%).
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 Luzerne County.
Local HIV snapshot
Luzerne County HIV care continuum (2023)
Luzerne County recorded 6.8 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 8.3 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Luzerne County residents living with HIV, 81% are in care · 61.9% 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 Luzerne County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
That cost pressure connects directly to who lives here. Wilkes-Barre's households run larger than the national average, and only about a third of adults are married, which means many of those multi-person homes are built around roommates, extended family, or single-parent arrangements rather than coupled stability. Unemployment sits meaningfully above typical Pennsylvania levels, and fewer than six in ten residents participate in the labor force at all, so the people most likely to need afternoon or weekend appointment slots are also the people least likely to have paid sick leave or a flexible employer.
Young adults and people in their late teens and twenties make up a substantial share of the population, and for that group routine screening tends to drop off not from indifference but from the ordinary logistics of getting somewhere on a bus or borrowing a car. The options listed on this page carry sliding-scale and no-cost tiers precisely because the income picture in neighborhoods like the East End and North End makes full out-of-pocket costs a real obstacle. For a household of three-plus people managing on a tight budget, a free or low-cost test on a Saturday is the kind of thing that actually fits the life being lived here.
Getting there
At 8.41/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Wilkes-Barre 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.
Wilkes-Barre sits in Luzerne County. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Wilkes-Barre? 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 Luzerne County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Pennsylvania 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 Wilkes-Barre-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 Wilkes-Barre 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Pennsylvania 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 PennsylvaniaSource: 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 12 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.
Luzerne County reported ~361 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, below the Pennsylvania average.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
In Pennsylvania, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Use condoms, test regularly, get the HPV and hep B vaccines, and ask about PrEP for HIV.
Yes, test even without symptoms, and tell the provider which infection so they can treat or retest appropriately.
No, standard bloodwork doesn't include STIs unless you ask, so request STD testing specifically.
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