In Passaic County, there are about 36% fewer gonorrhea cases than the national average. Whether you need quick, walk-in testing, or prefer to schedule testing at home or in a lab, Woodland Park, New Jersey, has options for both one-time concerns and regular check-ups. Your preference for convenience or speed may guide your choice; explore the list below.
Available testing centers
9 testing options are listed for Woodland Park, NJ. The nearest, Labcorp, is about 0.6 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.
HVA Medical Group in Woodland Park accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance, with fees scaling to what insurance covers, across a panel that includes rapid and conventional HIV testing, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and herpes: appointments required, with bacterial STIs treated same visit and care delivered in Spanish.
Spanish is a primary clinical language at HVA Medical Group, not a supplementary channel. Counseling, medication adherence education, and HIV prevention discussions unfold in Spanish, which means nuance around dosing, side effects, and prevention strategy carries through accurately rather than approximately.
HVA Medical Group holds standing PrEP prescribing and ongoing management capability, which makes it a practical fit for anyone without a regular provider who needs both the medication and the HIV counseling that sustains it. PEP is also available, with both prevention tools handled by the same clinical team that conducts testing.
Direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C are prescribed and monitored at HVA Medical Group, not handed off to a specialist network. The clinical consequence is that the same team tracking hepatitis B treatment and liver-related history also manages the hepatitis C cure course, keeping treatment timelines intact.
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English, Spanish
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Listing verified May 2026 · Source: CDC NPIN
City of Paterson Department of Health and Human Services runs walk-in STI care with no appointment needed, covering rapid HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis tests alongside same-visit bacterial treatment, PrEP, and HPV and hepatitis A and B vaccines. All at no fee.
Sliding-scale fees still mean a bill for plenty of people, a reduced one, but a bill. At the City of Paterson Department of Health and Human Services, the fee structure doesn't slide; it disappears entirely. Testing, treatment, vaccines, PrEP. None of it generates a charge.
When STI counseling happens through a language barrier, the clinical details that require precision (dosing, follow-up timing, what symptoms to watch) are exactly what gets lost. At the City of Paterson Department of Health and Human Services, Spanish is a direct care language, so nothing gets compressed or dropped in translation.
PrEP requires more than a one-time prescription: it means recurring HIV tests, kidney-function monitoring, and dose-timing guidance to keep the medication effective. The City of Paterson Department of Health and Human Services handles that full cycle on-site, and covers PrEP costs for uninsured patients, alongside PEP for post-exposure prevention.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Crossroads Medical Group in Clifton runs appointments for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV testing, with same-visit treatment for bacterial STIs; fees are charged on a sliding scale with insurance accepted. PrEP and PEP are prescribed on-site.
Chasing down a PrEP prescription through a separate provider means a second appointment, a second wait, and a gap in coverage that compounds the longer it stretches. Crossroads Medical Group closes that gap by writing and managing both PrEP and PEP prescriptions in-house, so prevention starts at the same practice where testing and treatment already live.
Direct-acting antivirals, the curative drug class behind modern hepatitis C treatment, require sustained medical oversight to confirm viral clearance. Crossroads Medical Group holds that entire course on-site, meaning the prescribing, monitoring, and confirmation of cure all happen within the same practice rather than through a separately arranged specialist.
Crossroads Medical Group tests for both hepatitis B and hepatitis C as part of its standard panel: alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. Because hepatitis B and C can share transmission routes with other STIs, testing for all six in a single appointment means co-infections are caught together rather than discovered weeks apart.
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Listing verified Sep 2025 · Source: CDC NPIN
Broadway Clinic in Paterson carries federal qualification as a community health center, meaning its sliding-scale fees adjust to income: making syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening genuinely reachable for cash-paying patients, those between insurance plans, or anyone whose coverage leaves STI care out of reach.
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Paterson Community Health Center in Paterson runs on sliding-scale fees with Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance accepted: making the gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV panel reachable across incomes. Appointments are required, and bacterial STIs are treated the same visit, with care available in Spanish.
Many clinics handle a language gap after the fact, a staff member pulled from another desk, a voice on a phone. At Paterson Community Health Center, Spanish is woven into clinical care itself, so the conversation about symptoms, history, and treatment happens directly, without a layer of translation sitting between patient and provider.
When substance-use treatment lives somewhere else entirely, the gap between an STI diagnosis and addressing what's driving risk stays open. Sometimes indefinitely. Paterson Community Health Center closes that gap by offering both on the same premises, so neither condition waits on the other.
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Listing verified Apr 2026 · 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 Woodland Park, 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 for simplicity & support
$89 & 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 Passaic 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.
275 Getty Avenue, Paterson, NJ 07503
CMS-certified lab
397 Haledon Avenue, Haledon, NJ 07508
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503
CMS-certified lab Accredited · College of American Pathologists
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Woodland Park. 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, 10,870 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Woodland Park. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 3,959 offer telehealth.
Joseph Vitale, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 1031 Mcbride Avenue, West Paterson
Deelip Chatterjee, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 1031 Mcbride Avenue, Woodland Park
Mojdeh Haghverdi, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 1130 Mcbride Avenue, Woodland Park
Sahil Patel, DO
Internal medicine · 1167 Mcbride Avenue, Woodland Park
Francis Bauer, MD
Internal medicine · 1225 Mcbride Avenue, Woodland Park
Shiraz Yussaf, MD
Family medicine · 1225 Mcbride Avenue, Woodland Park
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 Woodland Park, NJ 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.
0.9 mi Totowa RX
1.4 miBurgio's Pharmacy
1.4 mi
1.4 mi Family Care Pharmacy
1.4 miDrug Fair of Little Falls
1.5 miShowing the 6 closest pharmacies to Woodland Park, NJ.
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 Woodland Park, 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
Visit from $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
$0 with most insurance
Free online PrEP & DoxyPEP: HIV prevention, home lab kits, no in-person visit
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 Passaic County, the county that includes Woodland Park, compare with New Jersey 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.
#5 of 21 New Jersey counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 76% of the state
| Infection | Passaic County | New Jersey | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 492.8 2,530 cases ▲ 28% | 384.1 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 115.3 592 cases ▲ 6% | 109.1 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 16.4 84 cases ▲ 102% | 8.1 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 16.6 85 cases ▲ 60% | 10.4 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 23.6 121 cases ▲ 48% | 16 | 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 Passaic County, chlamydia has risen from 470.1 to 492.8 per 100,000 (5%), gonorrhea has fallen from 155.5 to 115.3 per 100,000 (26%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 10.1 to 16.4 per 100,000 (62%).
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 Passaic County.
Local HIV snapshot
Passaic County HIV care continuum (2023)
Passaic County recorded 21 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 11.9 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Passaic County residents living with HIV, 68.3% are in care · 61.4% 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 Passaic County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
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Local context
Cedar Falls Manor sits at the quieter residential edge of Woodland Park, home to the kind of households where two working adults share a mortgage and a packed weekly calendar. With nearly two-thirds of residents owning their homes and average household sizes running well above three people, daily life here tends to be structured around work, school drop-offs, and family obligations rather than open afternoons, and that schedule reality shapes how people approach everything from doctor visits to routine health screening. That structure matters most for younger adults in their late teens and twenties, the years when STI rates climb steeply and when life feels too full to schedule anything that isn't urgent.
Passaic County's STI picture underlines why regular screening belongs in the same category as any other straightforward health check. Renters navigating monthly costs that stretch a household budget have one more reason to notice whether the options listed on this page include low-cost or sliding-scale appointments, since a fee that feels manageable is often the deciding factor more than distance alone. For Cedar Falls Manor and Meadow Village households alike, that range means screening does not have to wait for a hypothetical quiet week that never quite arrives on CR 621.
Getting there
Woodland Park scores 13.44/20 on the EPA walkability index, so many trips are walkable or a short ride, though a car still gives you the widest choice of testing centers.
Source: EPA National Walkability Index 2021.
Woodland Park sits in Passaic County, ZIP 7424. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Woodland Park? 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 Passaic County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under New Jersey 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 Woodland Park-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 Woodland Park 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey, a minor can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment at any age, and to HIV testing at age 13 or older; a provider may notify a parent, and must do so where sexual assault is involved.
New Jersey 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 New JerseySource: 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.
Yes, several local labs offer same-day walk-in testing; best to call first.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it, and public clinics are free either way.
Public clinics serve people without insurance, often on a sliding scale.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Passaic County reported ~493 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the New Jersey average.
In New Jersey, people under 18 can consent to confidential STD testing and treatment on their own.
Yes, PrEP, a daily pill that helps prevent HIV in HIV-negative people, is available in the area.
At-home kits mail to 7424: self-collect, send to the lab, results in ~2–5 days.
Your results are part of your HIPAA-protected medical record; you can ask any clinic about its own privacy practices.
A positive means treatment is the next step; many STIs are cured with antibiotics, and all are treatable.
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