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Stretcher Van Transportation in Houston
Safe, comfortable transport for bed-bound and non-ambulatory patients — without the ambulance price tag.
Some patients can't sit up for a ride — after surgery, with advanced illness, or due to conditions that require lying flat. Their options have traditionally been a costly ambulance or nothing. There's a better answer.
Next Lane's stretcher vans provide professional non-emergency transport for bed-bound patients across Greater Houston: hospital discharges, facility-to-facility transfers, imaging and wound-care appointments, and trips home to family — with trained two-person assistance and secure, comfortable stretcher systems.
- Full stretcher transport — patient travels lying down
- Hospital & rehab discharges to home or facility
- Facility-to-facility and nursing home transfers
- Imaging, wound care & specialist appointments
- Trained crews for safe lifting & loading
- A fraction of typical ambulance transport cost
- Family member welcome to ride along
- Coordination directly with nursing staff
When a stretcher van is the right call
Stretcher transport is for medically stable patients who cannot safely sit upright for the duration of a trip — but who don't need paramedic care en route. Common cases: post-surgical patients with sitting restrictions, hospice and palliative patients traveling home, bariatric patients, severe-pain or fracture patients, and long-term care residents headed to appointments.
If your loved one needs active medical monitoring during transport, that's an ambulance call. For everyone else who simply needs to travel flat, our stretcher vans deliver the same careful handling at a far more manageable cost.
How a stretcher transfer works
We coordinate timing with the discharging facility's nursing staff, arrive with a trained crew, and handle the full transfer: from bed to our stretcher, secure loading into the van, a smooth ride, and transfer into the bed at the destination. Family members are welcome to ride along, and we keep them informed at every step.
Need a ride today?
Call now — a real dispatcher answers. No phone tree, no waiting.
Common questions
No. An ambulance provides emergency medical care en route. A stretcher van provides safe, comfortable transport for stable patients who need to lie flat — at a significantly lower cost. If a patient needs medical monitoring during the trip, they need an ambulance.
Ready when you are
Plan your ride.
We'll handle the rest.
Airport at 5 a.m., a wedding day timeline, a recurring medical schedule, or the day of a service — call us or send a quote request. We'll come back to you the same day during business hours.