Perquimans County's syphilis rate runs about 53% lower than the US average; still, if you're seeking STI testing in Winfall, North Carolina for a one-time concern or regular check-ups, you can weigh cost, speed, and convenience. Public clinics keep costs down, private labs prioritize speed, and at-home kits trade a clinic visit for convenience. Below are options in the area.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Winfall, NC. The nearest, Albemarle Regional Health Services, is about 2.0 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.
Albemarle Regional Health Services in Hertford covers HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis A, B, and C, and TB on a sliding-scale fee with Medicaid and insurance accepted, and free HIV and STI testing for those who qualify. Bacterial STIs are treated same visit; an appointment is required.
Plenty of clinics carry a free HIV test but bill for everything around it. At Albemarle Regional Health Services, the full scope (testing, vaccines, treatment, PrEP) carries no fee, so nothing on the visit summary costs you anything regardless of what you came in for.
Many clinics can schedule you in Spanish but shift to English once clinical conversations start. Albemarle Regional Health Services delivers care in Spanish throughout (counseling, treatment decisions, and prevention education included) so nothing gets compressed or lost mid-appointment.
Albemarle Regional Health Services prescribes PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP, meaning daily HIV prevention, post-exposure HIV management, and bacterial STI prevention after exposure can all be initiated and maintained with the same clinical team rather than pieced together across separate providers.
Languages
English, Spanish
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Fees & payment
Listing verified Jan 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
Gateway Community Health Centers in Tyner meets patients where they are (uninsured, paying out of pocket, or navigating gaps between providers) through federally qualified status that anchors sliding-scale fees to income. Walk-in STI screening covers syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, with costs adjusted for what each patient can actually pay.
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Fees & payment
A safety-net rural health clinic about 13 miles from Winfall. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
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 2 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Winfall, 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 value: single tests
$49 & 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 Perquimans 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.
600 South Church Street, Hertford, NC 27944
CMS-certified lab Accredited · COLA
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Winfall. 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, 99 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Winfall. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 22 offer telehealth.
Thomas Dimartino, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 201 Virginia Road, Edenton
Paul Schuellein, MD
OB-GYN · 203 A Earnhart Drive, Edenton
Sidney Sutton, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 202 West Hicks Street, Edenton
Vashti Ramphal, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 105 Mark Drive, Edenton
Atif Nasrullah, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 104 Mark Drive, Edenton
Peter Boehling, MD
OB-GYN · 309 North Broad Street, Edenton
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 Winfall, NC 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.
Woodards Pharmacy
1.6 miFamily Care Pharmacy
2.0 mi
11 mi Food Lion Pharmacy
13 mi
13 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Winfall, NC.
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 Winfall, 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
$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
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 Perquimans County, the county that includes Winfall, compare with North Carolina and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~19% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#62 of 100 North Carolina counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 38% of the state
| Infection | Perquimans County | North Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 358.8 48 cases ▼ 41% | 607.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 89.7 12 cases ▼ 63% | 243.2 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 7.5 1 cases ▼ 62% | 19.9 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 7.5 1 cases ▼ 53% | 15.8 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 15 2 cases ▼ 37% | 24 | 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 Perquimans County, chlamydia has fallen from 392.2 to 358.8 per 100,000 (9%), gonorrhea has fallen from 146.1 to 89.7 per 100,000 (39%), and P&S syphilis has fallen from 7.6 to 7.5 per 100,000 (1%).
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 Perquimans County.
Local HIV snapshot
Perquimans County HIV care continuum (2023)
Perquimans County recorded 0 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 15.1 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Perquimans County residents living with HIV, 96.3% are in care · 81.5% 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 Perquimans County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Wynne Fork Housing Development anchors the quieter residential side of Winfall, where a notable share of households are renters stretching a modest monthly payment across bills that leave little room for discretionary health spending. That cost pressure is real for young adults: people in their late teens and twenties navigating new relationships, new jobs, or stretches of unemployment that run well above the national norm here in Perquimans County. When income is unpredictable and nearly half the working-age population sits outside the labor force entirely, a screening visit can feel like one more errand that competes with rent rather than a routine worth protecting.
That's precisely why low-cost, low-hassle access matters so much in a place with this many people in the highest-incidence years of their lives. The options listed on this page reflect the range of fee structures and clinic types available in and around Winfall, worth scanning carefully if out-of-pocket cost shapes your decisions. For anyone without reliable transportation, that road can be the deciding factor: whether a follow-up appointment actually gets scheduled, or whether a positive result sits unaddressed while logistics stay unresolved.
Getting there
At 5.83/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Winfall 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 27944 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 27944 area around Winfall: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Winfall alone.
Winfall sits in Perquimans County, ZIP 27944. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Winfall? 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 Perquimans County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under North Carolina 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 Winfall-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 Winfall 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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
North Carolina 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 North CarolinaSource: 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 Albemarle Regional Health Services (2 mi); 3 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 359 cases per 100,000 residents (2023), below the North Carolina average.
PrEP (HIV-prevention medicine for HIV-negative people) is available locally, any provider can prescribe it.
In North Carolina, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Lab results typically come back in 1–2 days.
There's no cure, but antivirals manage symptoms well and reduce transmission.
It's cured with antibiotics; treating partners together prevents reinfection.
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