United Imaging Consultants

What United Imaging Consultants does

United Imaging Consultants (UIC) is a private, physician-owned radiology group practice organized as an LLC and founded in 2000 through the merger of several Kansas City-area radiology groups. The practice delivers diagnostic and interventional radiology services across sub-specialties including body imaging, breast imaging, interventional radiology, musculoskeletal radiology, neuroradiology, and nuclear medicine, employing more than 30 board-certified, fellowship-trained radiologists. UIC provides 24/7/365 sub-specialty coverage to hospitals and imaging center partners across the Kansas City metropolitan area spanning Kansas and Missouri, serving communities including Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Ottawa, Lee's Summit, Harrisonville, and Independence.

UIC operates two primary revenue streams: professional radiology services billed for diagnostic interpretation and image-guided interventional procedures, and managed service agreements with hospital and imaging facility partners. The group maintains an IntelePACS web-based imaging platform that enables radiologists to view and interpret medical images and supports cross-coverage collaboration across sub-specialists. UIC markets and sells primarily through direct enterprise partnerships with hospitals, imaging centers, and ordering clinicians, supplemented by direct patient access at partner imaging locations for services such as screening mammography. The practice participates in major commercial and government health plans including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, Medicare, and Medicaid.

UIC is a member of Strategic Radiology, a national coalition of more than 20 independent radiology practices comprising over 1,100 radiologists, through which it accesses quality improvement, best-practice sharing, and scale benefits. The practice serves more than 300,000 patients annually and counts ten named hospital and imaging center partners in its regional book of business, including CenterPoint Medical Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Providence Medical Center, The University of Kansas Health System (Olathe and Paola locations), Carroll County Memorial Hospital, Cass Regional Medical Center, Excelsior Springs Hospital, Ray County Hospital and Healthcare, and Saint John Hospital. UIC has explicitly maintained its independent, physician-owned status and has not taken on private equity backing or external investment ownership.

Name

United Imaging Consultants

Legal name

United Imaging Consultants, LLC

Website

https://uickc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

United Imaging Consultants is an independent, physician-owned radiology group practice in the Kansas City metro area, employing 30+ sub-specialty radiologists to deliver 24/7 diagnostic and interventional radiology services to hospitals, imaging centers, and patients across Kansas and Missouri.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Radiology Services

NAICS

Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Advanced Imaging & Specialty Radiology Centers (PET/CT, Nuclear Medicine, Interventional Radiology) (HLAFAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Radiology Imaging Centers (X-ray/CT/MRI/Ultrasound) (HLAFAKAA), Breast Imaging Centers (Mammography/Tomosynthesis) (HLAFAKAD)

Keywords

• Diagnostic radiology services
• Interventional radiology
• Radiology group practice
• Imaging center partnerships
• Sub-specialty radiology

Headquarters

HQ city

Mission

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Radiology Services: Billing for professional radiology interpretation and interventional procedures. Radiologists provide diagnostic and interventional radiology services to hospital and imaging facility partners.
2. Hospital and Imaging Partner Contracts: Service agreements with hospitals and imaging centers providing sub-specialty radiology coverage 24/7/365

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

United Imaging Consultants is a physician-owned radiology group practice providing diagnostic and interventional radiology services to hospitals, imaging centers, and patients across the Kansas City metro area. The practice offers board-certified, fellowship-trained sub-specialists across body imaging, breast imaging, interventional radiology, musculoskeletal radiology, neuroradiology, and nuclear medicine. Services include screening mammography with 3D tomosynthesis, general diagnostic imaging interpretation, and image-guided procedures, delivered 24/7/365 to clinical partners through a unified technology platform and the IntelePACS imaging system.

Product overview

United Imaging Consultants is a radiology practice, not a software product company. It provides diagnostic and interventional radiology services through a team of board-certified radiologists with subspecialties in body imaging, breast imaging, interventional radiology, musculoskeletal radiology, neuroradiology, and nuclear medicine. The practice serves patients and clinical partners in the Kansas City metro area (Kansas and Missouri) through multiple hospital and imaging facility partnerships. Services include screening mammography (with 3D tomosynthesis), general radiology imaging interpretation, and image-guided procedures. No distinct software products, modules, or branded product offerings were identified in the available source content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Diagnostic Radiology Interpretation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 300,000+ patients served annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Strategic RadiologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic Radiology is a national coalition of more than 20 independent radiology practices comprised of more than 1100 radiologists. UIC works with member practices on improving quality, sharing best practices, and creating superior value for patients and clinical partners.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SimonMed Imaging: Large national outpatient diagnostic imaging network with extensive breast imaging, MRI, and CT capabilities. Comparable on imaging service offerings and women's health focus.
• Radiology Partners: The largest US radiology group, PE-backed, providing sub-specialty reads and on-site radiology coverage to hospitals and health systems nationally. Comparable in service model and target customer (hospitals/imaging centers) but at far greater scale.
• RadNet: Largest US outpatient diagnostic imaging chain operating fixed imaging centers. Overlaps on the diagnostic imaging and women's imaging (mammography) service lines UIC supports at partner facilities.
• Akumin: National outpatient diagnostic imaging provider operating fixed-site imaging centers. Comparable on the imaging service delivery side UIC supports through partner sites.
• RAYUS Radiology: National diagnostic imaging and radiology services network offering sub-specialty reads and outpatient imaging center operations. Comparable in offering breadth and hospital/imaging-center customer base.
• Envision Physician Services: Large physician services organization with radiology staffing offerings to hospitals. Comparable on enterprise contract structure and hospital partner base, though diversified across multiple specialties.

Direct peers

• Greensboro Radiology: Independent sub-specialty radiology group providing hospital and outpatient imaging services. Comparable size and physician-owned model serving a regional market.
• Strategic Radiology: National coalition of 20+ independent radiology practices (1,100+ radiologists) of which UIC is a member. Directly comparable as a peer-group construct with shared quality and best-practice infrastructure.
• Charlotte Radiology: Large independent sub-specialty radiology group serving hospitals and outpatient sites in the Charlotte region. Closely analogous in business model — independent physician-owned, sub-specialty depth, hospital partnership focus.

Emerging players

• vRad (Virtual Radiologic): Teleradiology platform providing remote sub-specialty reads to hospitals and imaging centers nationwide. Competes for the same contract economics as UIC's sub-specialty coverage service.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uic_kc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/united-imaging-consultants

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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