February 14, 1995

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
450 Fifth Street, NW
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC   20549

Re:  Schedules 13G-Cerner Corporation

Dear Sir or Madam:

We are hereby transmitting by Edgar Schedule 13G on behalf of Waddell & Reed
Investment Management Company.

Our check in the amount of $1,000 was sent to the Lockbox at the Mellon Bank on
February 13, 1995.

If you have any questions concerning the Schedule 13G filing, please call me at
(913)236-1925 or Sharon K. Pappas at (913)236-1920.

Very truly yours,



Janette Bramblett
Senior Legal Assistant


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                               Cerner Corporation
                                (Name of Issuer)

                                     Common
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                 (CUSIP Number)
                                  156782-10-4

     Check the following Box if a fee is being paid with this
     statement.............[_X_]

     1)   Names of Reporting Persons S.S. or I.R.S. Identification
          Nos. of Above Persons:

          Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company-48-1106973

     2)   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
          (a).......................................................[__]
     (b).......................................................[__]

     3)   SEC Use Only.............................................

     4)   Citizenship or Place of Organization.....................
          Kansas

     Number of           (5)  Sole Voting Power....665,750..
     Shares Bene-        (6)  Shared Voting Power.................
     ficially            (7)  Sole Dispositive Power..665,750.....
     Owned by            (8)  Shared Dispositive Power............
     Each Report-
     ing Person
     With

     9)   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting
          Person......665,750...............................

     10)  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes
     Certain Shares...........................................

     11)  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 
     (9)......................................5.1%

     12)  Type of Reporting Person............IA...................


                                  SCHEDULE 13G
     Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
          Cerner Corporation

     Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
          2800 Rockcreek Pkwy, Ste 601, Kansas City, MO  64117

     Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing:
           Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company

     Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none,
          Residence:
          6300 Lamar Avenue, Shawnee Mission,
          Kansas 66201-9217

     Item 2(c) Citizenship:
          Kansas

     Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
          Common

     Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:
          156782-10-4

     Item 3    Person filing is:
     Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the      Investment
Advisers Act of 1940

     Item 4    Ownership
     If the percent of the class owned, as of December 31 of the year covered by
     the statement, or as of the last day of any month described in Rule 13d-
     1(b)(2), if applicable, exceeds five percent, provide the following
     information as of that date and identify those shares which there is a
     right to acquire.

     (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:
          665,750

     (b)  Percent of Class:
          5.1%

     (c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:
          (i)   sole power to vote or to direct the vote..665,750
          (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the vote.
          (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
                of...............................665,750....
          (iv)  shared power to dispose or to direct the
                disposition of...........................

     Item 5    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
               Not Applicable

     Item 6    Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
               Another Person

               Not Applicable

     Item 7    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
                 Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By 
The Parent Holding Company

               Not Applicable

     Item 8    Identification and Classification of Members of the
               Group

               Not Applicable
     Item 9    Notice of Dissolution of Group
               Not Applicable


     Item 10
                                 Certification


          By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were
not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having
such purpose or effect.

                                   Signature

          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

Date:  February 14, 1995

Waddell & Reed Investment
Management Company
6300 Lamar Avenue
Overland Park, Kansas
66202-4200

Signature

/s/Sharon K. Pappas
.........................
Sharon K. Pappas
Senior Vice President
Name/Title