In Union County, the reported rate of gonorrhea is about 14% lower than the US average. If you live in Worthington Springs, Florida and are considering testing whether you have symptoms or just want peace of mind, choose between visiting a clinic for immediate answers and starting treatment, or using an at-home kit for flexibility. See the options below.
Available testing centers
7 testing options are listed for Worthington Springs, FL. The nearest, Medlink Management Services, is about 7.6 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.
A public safety-net rural health clinic about 8 miles from Worthington Springs. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
A community safety-net rural health clinic about 8 miles from Worthington Springs. Sliding-scale STD testing and care are typical here, call ahead to confirm the exact panel and pricing.
Tests offered
Florida Department of Health in Union County, in Lake Butler, requires an appointment and covers the full bacterial and viral panel (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, hepatitis C, and TB) with same-visit treatment for bacterial infections, sliding-scale fees, and all services provided at no fee.
Sliding-scale fee structures typically leave a residual balance for someone with even modest income: at the Florida Department of Health in Union County, the scale runs to zero across every service on the menu: testing, treatment, vaccines, and PrEP counseling alike. The consequence is straightforward: no service gets deferred because of cost.
At the Florida Department of Health in Union County in Lake Butler, Spanish-language care is delivered through staff capacity: meaning clinical conversations about lab results, medication instructions, and prevention counseling happen directly in Spanish, not routed through a secondary step.
Leaving a clinic with only a testing result and no prevention prescription means a separate appointment at a separate facility, a gap where coverage lapses. The Florida Department of Health in Union County in Lake Butler prescribes and manages both PrEP and PEP on-site, keeping the prevention continuum intact from the first visit forward.
Languages
English, Spanish
Tests offered
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Care services
Prevention services
Fees & payment
Listing verified May 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 about 8 miles away; if you'd rather skip the trip, an at-home kit ships to Worthington Springs, 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 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 Union 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.
7765 South County Road 231, Lake Butler, FL 32054
CMS-certified lab
Showing the nearest 1 CLIA-certified labs.
Source: CMS CLIA registry (Provider of Services), Q1 2026. Federal public records: active CLIA-certified laboratories near Worthington Springs. 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, 482 primary-care, OB-GYN, infectious-disease and other clinicians have a CMS practice record within 30 miles of Worthington Springs. They may be able to evaluate symptoms or order a confidential STD panel during a regular visit, and 122 offer telehealth.
Efrain Rosario Carlo, MD
Family medicine · 15260 Northwest 147 Drive, Alachua
Victor Estevez Telehealth
Internal medicine · 298 Southwest Prosperity Place, Lake City
Angeli Akey, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 6228 Northwest 43rd Street, Gainesville
Marika Alois, MD Telehealth
Family medicine · 4197 Northwest 86th Terrace, Gainesville
Nisha D'Souza, MD Telehealth
Internal medicine · 4037 Northwest 86th Terrace, Gainesville
Natalia Burcsi, MD
Internal medicine · 3951 Northwest 48th Terrace, Gainesville
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 Worthington Springs, FL 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.
Florida Dept of Corrections
5.2 miLake Butler Pharmacy
7.5 miKirby and Company Pharmacy
7.6 mi
8.2 mi 
11 mi Showing the 5 closest pharmacies to Worthington Springs, FL.
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 Worthington Springs, 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 $39
Online STI treatment & DoxyPEP: same-day prescriptions to your pharmacy
From $0 insured
Telehealth PrEP & DoxyPEP with at-home testing and ongoing monitoring
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
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 Union County, the county that includes Worthington Springs, compare with Florida and U.S. averages, based on the most recent 2023 surveillance data. An estimated ~29% of residents are aged 15–34 (ACS), the age group with the highest reported chlamydia and gonorrhea rates nationally.
#15 of 67 Florida counties for chlamydia, a higher rate than 78% of the state
| Infection | Union County | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydia | 534.4 83 cases ▲ 7% | 498.9 | 492.2 |
| Gonorrhea | 154.5 24 cases ▼ 25% | 206.7 | 179.5 |
| Syphilis (P&S) | 32.2 5 cases ▲ 67% | 19.3 | 15.8 |
| Syphilis (early) | 96.6 15 cases ▲ 285% | 25.1 | 16 |
| Syphilis (late/unknown) | 470 73 cases ▲ 1147% | 37.7 | 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 Union County, chlamydia has risen from 495.4 to 534.4 per 100,000 (8%), gonorrhea has fallen from 161 to 154.5 per 100,000 (4%), and P&S syphilis has risen from 6.2 to 32.2 per 100,000 (419%).
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 Union County.
Local HIV snapshot
Union County HIV care continuum (2023)
Union County recorded 68.5 new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 (2023), against 22.7 statewide and 13.7 nationally. Among Union County residents living with HIV, 81.3% are in care · 73.7% 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 Union County tests for syphilis.
Source: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus, 2023 (county-level congenital syphilis is not published).
Local resources & officials
Data & references
Local context
Chastain-Seay City Park sits quiet most afternoons, a reminder that daily errands in Worthington Springs run on SR 121 and not much else. There's no clinic around the corner, no lab inside a pharmacy you'd walk to on a lunch break. Getting screened here means planning ahead, and options listed on this page are the realistic starting point for anyone thinking through that plan. The town's makeup shapes who needs to think about it most.
A majority of households are married, and average household size suggests most people live with others (partners, children, extended family) which makes routine STI screening less a personal quirk than a practical consideration for the whole home. At the same time, renters make up the clear majority of residents, many managing on modest budgets, and with typical monthly rent running high relative to local incomes, out-of-pocket testing costs aren't trivial. Young adults in their late teens and twenties, the years when new relationships and shifting living situations make regular screening genuinely useful, face those same cost pressures without the cushion that homeownership sometimes signals. With just over half of residents in the labor force, schedules here don't always follow a tidy nine-to-five pattern.
The options listed on this page include evening and weekend availability at locations, which matters when someone's working split shifts or juggling caregiving. The kind of week where a long drive down SR 121 only happens if the appointment is actually possible to keep.
Getting there
At 4.19/20 on the EPA walkability index, day-to-day errands in Worthington Springs 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 32054 snapshot
ZIP-level Census figures for the wider 32054 area around Worthington Springs: a single ZIP can span several communities, so they describe the area, not Worthington Springs alone.
Worthington Springs sits in Union County, ZIP 32054. Local context that shapes where residents test:
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Just outside Worthington Springs? 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 Union County: the CDC's screening guidelines, each infection's detection window, per-test reference prices, and your privacy rights under Florida 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 Worthington Springs-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 Worthington Springs 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 Florida 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 Florida, a minor of any age can consent to confidential STI testing and treatment on their own, no parental permission is required.
Florida 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 FloridaSource: 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.
Alachua, FL is a nearby town with options, the listing shows each one's distance so you can pick the closest.
Yes, Medicaid typically covers it, and public clinics are free either way.
Florida Department of Health in Union County, about 8 mi away, provides free testing.
A full panel typically covers chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Union County reported ~534 chlamydia cases per 100,000 in 2023, above the Florida average.
In Florida, 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.
Your results are part of your HIPAA-protected medical record; you can ask any clinic about its own privacy practices.
Negative is good news, just retest later if the test was soon after a possible exposure.
No; "everything" means a panel of several tests, and some need a repeat later to be conclusive.
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