Community Health Center

Star Community Health Dental - Bethlehem

511 E 3rd St, Ste 260, Bethlehem, PA 18015-2072

484-526-2460 Directions Website

Star Community Health Dental - Bethlehem is a community health center dental clinic in Bethlehem, PA, operated by Star Community Health, which runs 3 clinics in Pennsylvania.

The health center is open about 42.5 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.

Clinic Details

Address	511 E 3rd St, Ste 260, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone	484-526-2460
Operated by	Star Community Health
Program	Health Center Program look-alike

A look-alike meets every requirement of the federal Health Center Program — including the income-based sliding fee discount and seeing patients regardless of ability to pay — but does not receive the federal grant that funds the others. For you as a patient the discount works the same way; what differs is the funding behind it.

Dental Services

Service and coverage information recorded for this clinic includes:

Cleanings
Dental examinations
Fillings

Treatments offered and insurance accepted change over time, and services not listed here may still be available. Contact the clinic to confirm what is currently offered.

Costs and Coverage

What you pay here is worked out from your household income and family size, not read off a price list. Where the thresholds fall is decided by Star Community Health, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. Ask for your band in writing before agreeing to a course of treatment. Our guide to applying for the discount lists the documents to bring.

No Medicaid registration has been recorded for this clinic, which is not the same as Medicaid being refused. Adult dental coverage under Pennsylvania Medicaid is decided at state level and has changed more than once in most states; children’s dental coverage is required everywhere. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.

Dental Providers at This Clinic

Alongside general dentistry, providers registered in dental hygiene, for cleanings and preventive care practice at this address. That is not the same as the clinic taking new patients for those treatments, or the discount covering them, so name the treatment when you call.

Planning Your Visit

511 E 3rd St, Ste 260, Bethlehem, PA 18015

The published number is 484-526-2460. Where an organization runs several sites this often lands at a central desk, so name the clinic and say the appointment is dental.

The call is worth making for: the dental hours, and which days appointments run, whether new dental patients are being taken, and the current wait, what a first visit costs, before and after any discount, whether your insurance or Medicaid dental plan is accepted, by plan name, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.

Common Questions

Can I get dentures here?

Many health centers do dentures, and the discount can make them dramatically cheaper than private practice. The catch is laboratory costs, which are often billed on top of the discounted fee and are the bulk of the price. Ask for the total including laboratory work.

Will they see me if I still owe them money?

Usually yes for pain and for anything urgent, though a clinic may ask you to agree a plan for the balance before booking routine work. An old balance is worth raising on the phone instead of discovering it at the desk; it is often smaller after a discount is applied than the letter suggests.

What if I do not have a phone for them to call back on?

Tell them at the point of booking and ask how they will contact you — some clinics will use an email address, a shelter or a relative’s number. Missing a call back about an appointment is a common way to lose a slot that was already booked.

Can I be seen without insurance?

Yes. Being uninsured is the ordinary case at a clinic like this, not an exception, and it is much of the reason the sliding scale exists. Bring income documentation if you have it and ask what they accept if you do not.

What about cleanings and check-ups?

Preventive care is the cheapest thing a clinic like this does and the easiest to book, yet it is the first thing people drop when money is short. If you are already here for something else, ask to be put on the recall list while you are in the building.

Can I pay in installments?

Many health centers will arrange this, particularly for dentures or a course of treatment, but it is rarely advertised and you generally have to ask. Agree the amount and the schedule before treatment starts, and ask what happens if you miss one, because that varies more than the plans themselves do.

Other Clinics Operated by Star Community Health

Star Community Health operates 2 other clinics in 2 other communities in Pennsylvania. A central scheduling line can often say which of them has the shortest wait, and it is not always the nearest one. The income assessment usually transfers between sites in the same organization, which saves repeating the paperwork. What is treated at one site is no guide to another, so confirm with the clinic you actually intend to visit.

Other Dental Clinics Nearby

Distances are as the crow flies. Wait times are set clinic by clinic, so ask each one rather than assuming.

Neighborhood Health Centers of the Lehigh Valley - Broad Street — Bethlehem, less than a mile away
Star Community Health Dental Sigal - Allentown — Allentown, about 5.1 miles away
Children's Clinic — Allentown, about 6.5 miles away
Neighborhood Health Centers of Lehigh Valley - Easton — Easton, about 9.4 miles away

Confirmed Payment Options

Income-Based Fees

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Before you call

Bright and clean modern dental clinic room with advanced dental equipment.

How sliding-scale dental clinics workWho qualifies, and what the discount does and does not cover.

Close-up of a dental impression model showcasing teeth on a white table.

Does Medicaid cover dental care?Adult coverage is a state choice; children are covered everywhere.

Close-up image of dental tools and model teeth for professional dentistry setup.

Finding dental care without insuranceThe three cheaper routes compared.

Top view of calculator, pen, and note pads arranged neatly on a white surface.

What dental work costs when you are paying cashRanges for the common treatments, and what drives them.