Wheelchair Transportation in Tysons, VA

How a wheelchair ride works from a Tysons tower or a McLean house

A Tysons ride usually starts at a tower lobby or a front door in McLean or Vienna. In a senior community, the driver checks in at the entrance you named and comes to the apartment; at a house, the driver comes to the door, and a stair chair team handles any steps. The rider stays seated in their own chair throughout: up the ramp on one of our minivans or the hydraulic lift on a full-size van, secured to the floor at four points, lap and shoulder belt on before we pull away.

We secure manual chairs, power chairs and scooters. No suitable chair at home? Dispatch can send one at no extra cost. One family member or caregiver rides along free, and service animals are welcome.

At Inova Fairfax, Inova Schar Cancer or Kaiser on Westpark Drive, the driver brings the rider inside to check-in rather than stopping at the curb. Every driver is CPR and first-aid certified, trained to secure manual and power chairs, and cleared by a criminal background check and drug screening. Our drivers keep their vans at home around the region instead of at Gainesville, where dispatch sits, so the van heading to Tysons has usually begun its day close by. H&M Transport was the first NEMT provider in Virginia accredited by NEMTAC, which reviews driver training, securement and vehicle standards.

Where we take wheelchair riders from Tysons

The Inova Fairfax Hospital campus at 3300 Gallows Road carries a Falls Church mailing address but sits in Merrifield. It is a campus of several hospitals, and the garage depends on the building: the Blue Garage off Gallows Road for the Surgery Center and Professional Services Building, and the Green and Gray garages off Woodburn Road for the towers, Women’s, Children’s and Schar Heart and Vascular. Inova allows riders with limited mobility to be dropped at the main entrances, which is where we go in. Garage parking is $5 a day, so a drop-off at the door also saves the family the fee.

Inova Schar Cancer, at 8081 Innovation Park Drive off Gallows Road, has free patient parking in Garages A and B and weekday valet. Kaiser Permanente Tysons Corner Medical Center, at 8008 Westpark Drive, is an outpatient center for Kaiser members only, with no emergency department. McLean riders also go to VHC Health in Arlington, where the campus map marks pick-up and drop-off areas at the garages.

Among senior communities, we pick up at The Mather on Westpark Drive, Vinson Hall on Old Dominion Drive, both Sunrise communities in McLean and Chesterbrook Residences, and at August Healthcare at Iliff in Dunn Loring for rehab discharges and follow-up visits.

Dialysis rides from Tysons

We drive Tysons, McLean, Vienna and Merrifield riders to dialysis centers including:

• DaVita Tyson’s Corner Dialysis, 8391 Old Courthouse Rd, Vienna
• DaVita McLean Dialysis, 8605 Westwood Center Dr, Vienna
• DaVita Fairfax Dialysis Center, 8501 Arlington Blvd, Fairfax
• Fresenius Kidney Care Fairfax, 8316 Arlington Blvd, Ste 108, Fairfax
• U.S. Renal Care Falls Church, 6541 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church

Set the chair times up once as a standing order and we keep them on the schedule. When a session runs over, the return becomes a will-call: we have a driver at the center within 45 minutes of your call, and if you or the clinic can ring a little before the end, the wait is shorter still. The ride home after treatment is when a rider is most tired, and a driver who knows them makes it easier.

Wheelchair transportation prices in Tysons

Tysons rides use the same 2026 private-pay card as every trip we run: a pick-up fee plus mileage, with five miles included on each leg of a round trip.

From The Mather on Westpark Drive to the Inova Fairfax campus is about six miles each way, so a round trip is $55 plus one extra mile at $3.00 on each leg: $58 per leg, or $116 in total. Bringing someone home after a discharge is priced one way, with every mile charged: a ten-mile ride from Inova Fairfax is $90 plus $30, so $120.

Add-ons are quoted up front. A McLean or Vienna house with steps at the door needs a stair chair team, $75 each way. A driver booked to wait through an appointment is $75 an hour; for a long infusion at Inova Schar, a will-call return saves that fee: a driver arrives within 45 minutes of your call, and calling a little before the infusion ends shortens the wait. Pickups before 7am or after 6pm add $30, an extra stop is $20, and oxygen is $35 per 2-liter tank unless the rider brings a portable unit. Payment is cash or card, with a 3% card fee and no personal checks, and itemized receipts are available. The full card is on our rates page.

Wheelchair van or Fastran, TOPS and MetroAccess?

Fairfax County has several public options, and each fits a different rider. MetroAccess is WMATA’s shared-ride, door-to-door paratransit; it needs a written application and an in-person interview, and trips must start and end within three-quarters of a mile of a bus or rail route. Fastran, the county’s human services transportation, carries residents who are referred and certified through a participating program such as a senior center; its Critical Medical Care Program covers dialysis, chemotherapy and therapy trips for income-eligible residents at a low fare. TOPS, which replaced Seniors On-The-Go! in 2021, gives eligible older adults and people with disabilities a debit card worth $100 in rides for $20, usable on taxis, Uber and Lyft, and Metro. Fairfax Connector buses cost $1.10 for seniors and riders with disabilities, but run fixed routes. For McLean residents 50 and over, the Shepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church offers free volunteer rides in volunteers’ own cars, and NV Rides points Vienna riders to the Shepherd’s Center of Western Fairfax County.

A private wheelchair van covers what those are not built for: a same-day ride or a hospital discharge, a rider who stays in their chair and cannot transfer to a car seat, help from inside the home to the check-in desk, an exact appointment time, a trip into DC or Maryland, or a rider who has not been referred or certified.

Pickup tips for Tysons towers and McLean homes

• The Mather. There are two towers, north and south, at 7929 Westpark Drive. Tell us which tower, which door or porte-cochere, and the unit number.
• Vinson Hall. Independent living, the Arleigh Burke Pavilion and The Sylvestery each have their own entrance, so name the building when you book.
• Steps at home. If a McLean or Vienna house has steps to the door, tell us the count. A stair chair team is $75 each way and is routine when we know ahead.
• Inova Fairfax. Send the building and unit from the discharge paperwork so the driver heads for the right garage and entrance.

Who pays for a wheelchair ride in Tysons

Virginia Medicaid. When a Tysons-area rider on Virginia Medicaid is going to a covered medical service, the ride should cost nothing, and it’s arranged through the plan rather than with us. Call the transportation number on your Medicaid ID card; the brokers we work with are MTM Health and SafeRide Health. Request H&M Transport specifically when you book your ride. Give routine appointments several business days’ notice.

Medicare. Original Medicare doesn’t cover a wheelchair van. Some Medicare Advantage plans include a set number of rides a year; if yours runs them through MTM Health or SafeRide Health, book through the plan and name H&M Transport.

Private pay and facilities. Families pay the published rates, quoted before the trip. Senior living and rehab teams in Tysons and McLean, and hospital discharge planners, can book on contracted rates through a facility account; see our facilities page.

Notice, trip details and cancellations

Give us at least three hours for a same-day ride or an Inova Fairfax discharge; a day ahead guarantees the van. Same-day requests go to dispatch at (703) 304-7889, and every booking is confirmed by call or text within two hours.

Put the details in the booking notes: the tower or building and the door, the unit, the appointment and how long it should take, and the number of steps at a house. Riders over 300 lbs book bariatric service.

Change or cancel more than two hours before pickup and there’s no charge; a later cancellation or a no-show is $50. Call, email Reservations@hmtransport.com or use the app.

Wheelchair transportation in Tysons: common questions

What does a wheelchair round trip from Tysons to Inova Fairfax cost?

About $116 from The Mather on Westpark Drive: the campus is roughly six miles away, so each leg is $55 plus one extra mile at $3.00. A one-way trip or discharge is $90 plus $3.00 a mile.

Does Virginia Medicaid pay for wheelchair rides from Tysons?

Yes, for covered medical trips, booked through the plan rather than with us. Call the transportation number on your Medicaid ID card; the brokers we work with are MTM Health and SafeRide Health. Request H&M Transport specifically when you book your ride.

Can you bring a wheelchair rider home from Inova Fairfax Hospital?

Yes, with at least three hours notice for a discharge. Tell us the building and unit, and the driver comes to the unit with the van parked at the right entrance.

Can you take a Tysons rider into DC or Maryland?

Yes, into DC and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties under WMATC authority 3449, with Virginia DMV Certificate #524 for trips within Virginia.

Can a rider go to Kaiser Tysons Corner in their own power chair?

Yes. Power chairs, manual chairs and scooters ride secured at four points, and we can bring a chair if the rider needs one. Tell us the appointment time at the Westpark Drive center so the driver can plan the return.

Can you set up rides three times a week to dialysis in Vienna?

Yes. Give us the days and chair times once and they stay on our books for DaVita Tyson’s Corner, DaVita McLean or any other center. If a session runs late, the ride home becomes a will-call that reaches the center within 45 minutes of your call, and calling a little before the session ends shortens the wait.

Do you wait during an infusion at Inova Schar Cancer?

We can, at $75 an hour booked in advance, but for a long infusion a will-call return is usually better. Call as the infusion is finishing and a driver arrives within 45 minutes; the earlier you call, the shorter the wait.

When a wheelchair van is the wrong ride

This is non-emergency transportation: no medical care or monitoring on board, no trips to an emergency room, and no moves between hospitals for a higher level of care, which belong to an ambulance. Kaiser’s Tysons Corner center has no emergency department, so an emergency there, or anywhere else, is a 911 call. If a rider becomes unwell, the driver stops safely and calls 911. A rider who can’t sit upright for the trip needs stretcher transportation.

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