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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
An unmarked professional vehicle, a driver trained to assist without commentary, and gentle door-through-door help — for patients who need an escort but don't need anyone else to know. Serving surgery centers and med spas across 80+ communities in Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana.
No. Plastic surgeons will not discharge you after general anesthesia or deep IV sedation without a verified escort, and a rideshare driver can't sign you out, manage surgical drains and bandaging, or see you safely inside your own home. Patients who arrive for procedures like rhinoplasty, facelift, blepharoplasty, liposuction, tummy tuck, breast augmentation or reduction, or a mommy-makeover combination with only a rideshare arranged are routinely turned away and rescheduled.
Discretion matters just as much as compliance for this patient population — many people book precisely because they don't want friends or coworkers to know. Dream Care Rides provides an unmarked professional vehicle and a driver trained to assist without commentary, serving as your verified escort from check-in to your front door. Call (708) 505-6994 or book online.
General anesthesia and deep IV sedation leave you alert-seeming but impaired: reaction time, balance, and short-term memory are unreliable for the rest of the day. For larger procedures, many surgeons go further and require a companion for the first 24 hours, since pain medication and swelling compound the risk of a fall or a missed aftercare step.
That escort has jobs a rideshare driver can't legally or practically do: sign the discharge paperwork, receive your aftercare instructions on your behalf, and make sure you get through your own front door — not just to the curb. Where the surgeon requires ongoing supervision, we coordinate the hand-off to a recovery caregiver, a private-duty nurse, or an aftercare facility.
Our drivers are trained for exactly this hand-off, and for the discretion it takes to do it well. The center's recovery nurse knows who is picking you up, when, and how to reach them — which is why plastic surgery centers and med spas across Chicagoland are comfortable releasing patients to us.
Online or at (708) 505-6994 — give us your appointment time, the surgery center's address, and your home address. Book 48 hours ahead when you can; same-day is often possible.
We arrive in a plain, professional vehicle with no medical signage, check in with the front desk as your designated ride, and stay on site through your procedure and recovery.
When you're cleared, your driver receives your discharge instructions as your escort, helps you in carefully around drains and dressings, and walks you to your own front door.
Most plastic and cosmetic surgery 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 procedure is $15 – $30 per 15-minute increment. You get an exact quote up front — no meter, no surge.
Cosmetic procedures are private pay in almost all cases — Medicaid does not cover elective plastic surgery. Reconstructive exceptions like Mohs reconstruction may qualify for Medicaid within 6.5 miles of our Olympia Fields or Palatine bases. Call (708) 505-6994 to check availability, or try the cost calculator.
Patients ask your front desk how they'll get home without anyone finding out. Partner with Dream Care Rides for procedure-day transport that's unmarked, escorted, and verifiable by your recovery nurses.
Explore Facility PartnershipsNo. Plastic surgeons will not discharge you after general anesthesia or deep IV sedation without a verified escort, and a rideshare driver can't sign you out, manage surgical drains and bandaging, or see you safely inside your home. Dream Care Rides provides a trained driver who acts as your escort and satisfies the surgery center's discharge policy — discreetly, in an unmarked vehicle. Call (708) 505-6994 to book.
Often, yes — many surgeons require 24-hour supervision after larger procedures like facelifts, tummy tucks, or mommy-makeover combinations, since general anesthesia and pain medication impair judgment and mobility well past discharge. Our ride covers the discharge-to-door leg, and where the surgeon requires ongoing supervision, we hand off to your recovery caregiver, a private-duty nurse, or an aftercare facility so the 24-hour requirement is actually met. Call (708) 505-6994 to arrange the full hand-off.
Plastic surgery transportation with Dream Care Rides starts at $35 to $65 base rate plus $2 to $4 per mile for ambulatory (walk-on) service — the right level for most cosmetic surgery patients. Wheelchair-accessible transport is $65 to $115 base plus $3 to $6 per mile. Wait-and-return time is billed at $15 to $30 per 15-minute increment. Call (708) 505-6994 for an exact upfront quote.
No. We use an unmarked, professional vehicle with no medical signage, and our drivers are trained to assist quietly — no questions about your procedure, no commentary. Many patients book with us precisely because they don't want friends, neighbors, or coworkers to know they've had a cosmetic procedure, and discretion is built into how we operate, not an add-on you have to request.
Yes. Minor procedures like blepharoplasty or smaller liposuction typically run about 2 hours including recovery, and our wait-and-return service keeps your driver on site the whole time. For larger procedures with extended recovery — facelifts, tummy tucks, mommy-makeover combinations — we also offer a scheduled return so you're not paying to have a driver wait for hours; just tell us your expected discharge window when you book.
Yes, within a driver's scope. Our drivers provide gentle door-through-door assistance for patients with surgical drains, compression garments, and facial bandaging that limits peripheral vision — helping you in and out of the vehicle carefully, adjusting the seat recline if that's more comfortable, and keeping the cabin at a comfortable temperature. Clinical care of drains or dressings themselves is the surgeon's or a nurse's job, not the driver's.
Yes. Your Dream Care Rides driver checks in as your designated ride, is present at discharge to receive your aftercare instructions, and escorts you to your door — which is what plastic surgery centers require before releasing a sedated patient. If your surgeon's office has a specific escort form, our driver will sign it. Facilities can verify our credentials at (708) 505-6994.
Cosmetic procedures are private pay in almost all cases, since Medicaid does not cover elective plastic surgery. For trips starting within 6.5 miles of our Olympia Fields or Palatine bases, Medicaid can still apply if your visit is billed as a covered reconstructive procedure, such as Mohs reconstruction. Call (708) 505-6994 and we will confirm your options in one call.
Book 48 hours ahead and check “ride home” off your pre-op list.