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What Counts as an Emergency?
Call 911 if you experience:
We provide NEMT for:
Dream Care Rides is a licensed NEMT provider. We do not provide emergency ambulance or paramedic services.
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Outpatient Procedure Transportation
Your driver takes you in, waits through the scan or procedure, checks in as your escort at discharge, and walks you to your door. Serving imaging centers and interventional radiology departments across 80+ communities in Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana.
No — if you took or received any sedative for the scan, even one oral anxiety pill, imaging centers prohibit driving for the rest of the day and require an escort to release you. Patients with claustrophobia or anxiety are often prescribed an oral sedative like lorazepam, or given IV sedation for the scan itself, and most facilities apply the same no-driving rule either way. A rideshare driver cannot serve as that escort — Uber and Lyft drivers aren't permitted to sign you out, receive discharge instructions, or confirm you got inside safely — and patients who show up with only a rideshare arranged are routinely rescheduled at check-in.
Dream Care Rides is the compliant alternative when family or friends can't take the time off: a trained, background-checked driver who serves as your designated escort from check-in to your front door. Call (708) 505-6994 or book online.
Sedation for an MRI — whether an oral pill for claustrophobia or IV sedation for a longer scan — leaves you alert-seeming but impaired for hours afterward. Image-guided biopsies through interventional radiology (breast, prostate, liver, lung, thyroid) go a step further: local anesthetic plus frequent IV sedation, followed by monitoring for bleeding before you can leave. Both situations make a responsible escort a condition of discharge.
That escort has jobs a rideshare driver can't legally or practically do: check you in as the designated ride, wait through monitoring, receive your discharge and aftercare instructions on your behalf, and make sure you get through your own front door — not just to the curb.
These are often anxious days — results are pending and nerves are already high. Our drivers are trained to be calm, punctual, and low-key: no small talk unless you want it, and a steady presence from check-in through the ride home.
Online or at (708) 505-6994 — give us your appointment time, the imaging center or interventional radiology department's address, and your home address. Book 48 hours ahead when you can; same-day is often possible.
We arrive early for sedation paperwork, drop you at the entrance, and check in with the front desk as your designated ride. The driver stays on site through your scan or procedure and any recovery monitoring.
When you're cleared, your driver receives your discharge and aftercare instructions as your escort, helps you to the vehicle, and walks you to your own front door.
Most imaging and biopsy patients ride ambulatory (walk-on): $35 – $65 base plus $2 – $4 per mile. Wheelchair-accessible vans run $65 – $115 base plus $3 – $6 per mile. Wait-and-return time during your scan or procedure is $15 – $30 per 15-minute increment — monitoring windows vary, and wait-and-return covers whatever time the department needs. You get an exact quote up front — no meter, no surge.
Medicaid accepted in select service areas — call (708) 505-6994 to check availability, or try the cost calculator.
A cancelled MRI or biopsy costs your department a slot and the patient weeks of rescheduling. Partner with Dream Care Rides for sedation-day transport your recovery staff can verify.
Explore Facility PartnershipsNo — if you took or received any sedative for the scan, even one oral anxiety pill, imaging centers prohibit driving for the rest of the day and require an escort to release you. This applies whether you had IV sedation or just a single dose of lorazepam to manage claustrophobia. A rideshare driver cannot serve as that escort, so an Uber arranged on your own does not satisfy the center's discharge policy. Dream Care Rides provides a trained driver who waits, checks in as your ride, and takes you home. Call (708) 505-6994 to book.
Not if you received sedation. Image-guided biopsies performed through interventional radiology — breast, prostate, liver, lung, or thyroid — typically involve local anesthetic plus IV sedation, and the department monitors you afterward for bleeding before discharge. Their policy requires a responsible adult escort at that point, not a rideshare pickup. Dream Care Rides drivers are trained for exactly this hand-off: we wait, check in with the recovery nurse, and get you home. Call (708) 505-6994 to arrange your ride.
Ambulatory (walk-on) transportation starts at $35 to $65 base plus $2 to $4 per mile — the right level for most imaging and biopsy patients. Wheelchair-accessible transport is $65 to $115 base plus $3 to $6 per mile. Wait-and-return time during your scan or procedure is billed at $15 to $30 per 15-minute increment. Call (708) 505-6994 for an exact upfront quote.
Yes. An MRI with sedation typically runs 1.5 to 2.5 hours door-to-door, and an image-guided biopsy with post-procedure monitoring can take 2 to 4 hours. Our wait-and-return service keeps your driver on site the entire time, so when you're cleared for discharge your ride is already there — no coordinating a pickup while you're still groggy.
Yes. Your Dream Care Rides driver checks in at the front desk as your designated ride, is present when the department releases you, and walks you to the vehicle and into your home. If the imaging center or interventional radiology department has a specific escort sign-out form, our driver will complete it. Facilities can verify our credentials at (708) 505-6994.
Yes, at most facilities. A single oral anxiety pill like lorazepam is still a sedative, and the standard rule at most imaging centers is that any sedation — pill or IV — means no driving for the rest of the day and an escort required at discharge. Centers apply this rule consistently regardless of dose, so plan for a ride rather than risk being turned away at check-in. Call (708) 505-6994 and we'll confirm your center's policy.
Tell us your appointment time, any fasting window, and whether you need to arrive early for sedation paperwork, and we'll set your pickup so you're never rushed. Some contrast-enhanced MRIs and biopsies require fasting beforehand — your driver can also handle a brief pharmacy stop on the way home if you ask when booking. Book online or call (708) 505-6994 at least 48 hours ahead when you can.
Medicaid is accepted in select service areas — for trips starting within 6.5 miles of our Olympia Fields or Palatine bases. Outside that radius, most patients use private pay with upfront pricing, or their imaging center or interventional radiology department arranges and bills the ride through a facility account. Call (708) 505-6994 and we will confirm your options in one call.
Book 48 hours ahead and check “ride home” off your prep list.