South Star Dental
Registered legal name: Mankotia PLLC
6408 I-45 Gulf Fwy Ste B, La Marque, TX 77568
The registry record
- NPI
- 1053924126
- Registered as
- Type-2 organization (not an individual dentist's personal NPI)
- Dental categories
- General, Dental clinic
- Taxonomy codes
- 122300000X (Dentist); 261QD0000X (Dental clinic or center)
- Practice location
- 6408 I-45 Gulf Fwy Ste B, La Marque, TX 77568
- Telephone
- (409) 299-4014
- NPI issued
- 28 August 2020 (6 years ago)
- Record updated
- 11 January 2024 (2 years ago)
- Certified by the practice
- 11 January 2024
- NPI status
- NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-08
- Metro area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (metropolitan area, Galveston County)
- State
- Texas (12,655 registered practices)
- Operator size
- 2 addresses registered under this organization name nationally
- Map position
- Census address match at street level
- Snapshot
- NPPES data dissemination file, 10 August 2026
What the record tells you
South Star Dental, the trading name of Mankotia PLLC, is an NPI registry record for a dental organization at 6408 I-45 Gulf Fwy Ste B in La Marque, Texas 77568. CMS issued NPI 1053924126 on 28 August 2020, and the practice last updated its own entry on 11 January 2024. That was 2 years ago; the details are probably current, but confirm the address when you book.
It is registered under 2 dental taxonomy codes: Dentist (122300000X), Dental clinic or center (261QD0000X). That puts it in 2 categories on this site, led by general dentistry. A practice that registers more than one category is telling CMS it does more than one kind of dental work at this address, which is why it has a page here rather than a row. The same registered name appears at 2 distinct addresses nationally. That is either a group practice or a name common enough that unrelated offices share it, so ask whether pricing is set locally or by a parent company.
La Marque holds 6 registered dental practices inside the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area, which has 3,456 in total on the Texas side and ranks 2nd in the state. 6 of the La Marque records also register general dentistry, so this is one of several local options in that category. Across the metro the mix runs general dentistry 73.2%, dental clinic or center 14.5%, pediatric dentistry 7.5%. The closest other registered practices are South Star Dental (0 miles, La Marque), Gulfside Dental - la Marque PLLC (0.2 miles, La Marque) and Dental Cosmetic Center Bay Area (1.9 miles, Texas City), with 2 more inside 3.4 miles.
On our figures a routine adult cleaning in Texas runs $100 to $155 cash and scaling and root planing $175 to $270 per quadrant, against a US average of $125. This practice's own prices are not in the registry and never will be: NPPES holds identifiers, not fees. Call (409) 299-4014 and ask for the cash price on code D1110, whether the exam and X-rays are included, and whether they run a membership plan if you have no insurance.
Nearest alternatives
The 5 closest registered dental practices to 6408 I-45 Gulf Fwy Ste B, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are listed on their metro page rather than having one of their own.
| Practice | City | Distance | Categories | Phone on the record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Star Dental | La Marque, TX | 0 mi | General | (479) 445-8588 |
| Gulfside Dental - la Marque PLLC | La Marque, TX | 0.2 mi | General | (972) 590-8809 |
| Dental Cosmetic Center Bay Area | Texas City, TX | 1.9 mi | General | (832) 769-4115 |
| Brushmore Family and Cosmetic Dentistry | Texas City, TX | 1.9 mi | General | (409) 419-2212 |
| Bay Colony P.A. | Dickinson, TX | 3.4 mi | General | (281) 337-9000 |
The benchmark to hold a quote from South Star Dental against. Texas cost guide.
What to ask when you call
- The cash price for D1110, a routine adult cleaning, and whether the exam (D0120) and X-rays (D0274) are inside or outside that number.
- Whether you need scaling and root planing before a routine clean, and the per-quadrant price for D4341 or D4342 if so.
- Whether they run an in-house membership plan, and what it covers against what it costs a year.
- Whether they are taking new patients and how far out the next hygiene appointment is.
- The practice license, with your state dental board. An NPI is a billing identifier and proves nothing about licensing.
CMS NPPES NPI data file, August 2026, snapshot 10 August 2026. US federal public data (FOIA-disclosable, no charge). CMS NPI files. NPI registry records, status as reported by CMS in the August 2026 data dissemination file. NPPES is an identifier registry, not a license register: an NPI does not validate that a practice is licensed, accredited or currently open. Practices maintain their own NPPES entries. Every page shows the date the record was last updated; addresses and phone numbers are as self-reported and are not verified by us. This page describes a registry record. It is not a review, an endorsement or a check on South Star Dental.
Price figures are our own, last verified April 2026. State averages are our estimates compiled from FAIR Health regional cost data and CMS Medicare fee schedules; the ADA discontinued its national Survey of Dental Fees in 2023, so no national fee survey exists. Treat them as a starting point and call two or three offices for an actual quote.