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Schedule of Investment Securities Classified as Current and Long-Term (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Investment [Line Items]    
Amortized Cost $ 9,050us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost $ 9,072us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
Gross Unrealized Gains 553us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax 516us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
Gross Unrealized Losses (31)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax (41)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
Total debt securities, Fair Value 9,572us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities 9,547us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Debt Securities | Tax-exempt municipal securities    
Investment [Line Items]    
Amortized Cost 2,628us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
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/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_NontaxableMunicipalNotesMember
2,931us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_NontaxableMunicipalNotesMember
Gross Unrealized Gains 132us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_NontaxableMunicipalNotesMember
140us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_NontaxableMunicipalNotesMember
Gross Unrealized Losses (4)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_NontaxableMunicipalNotesMember
(3)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_NontaxableMunicipalNotesMember
Total debt securities, Fair Value 2,756us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_NontaxableMunicipalNotesMember
3,068us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_NontaxableMunicipalNotesMember
Debt Securities | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Investment [Line Items]    
Amortized Cost 16us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
17us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Gains 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Losses 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Total debt securities, Fair Value 16us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
17us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Debt Securities | Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Investment [Line Items]    
Amortized Cost 890us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
846us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Gains 21us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
16us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Losses (20)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
(19)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Total debt securities, Fair Value 891us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
843us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialMortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Debt Securities | Asset-backed Securities    
Investment [Line Items]    
Amortized Cost 138us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
28us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Gains 1us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
1us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Losses 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Total debt securities, Fair Value 139us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
29us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Debt Securities | Corporate Debt Securities    
Investment [Line Items]    
Amortized Cost 3,318us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
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/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
3,432us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Gains 333us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
299us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Losses (5)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
(13)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Total debt securities, Fair Value 3,646us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
3,718us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Debt Securities | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | U.S. Treasury And Agency Obligations    
Investment [Line Items]    
Amortized Cost 356us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
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/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
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= hum_UsTreasuryAndAgencyObligationMember
365us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
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/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hum_UsTreasuryAndAgencyObligationMember
Gross Unrealized Gains 10us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hum_UsTreasuryAndAgencyObligationMember
10us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hum_UsTreasuryAndAgencyObligationMember
Gross Unrealized Losses 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hum_UsTreasuryAndAgencyObligationMember
(1)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hum_UsTreasuryAndAgencyObligationMember
Total debt securities, Fair Value 366us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hum_UsTreasuryAndAgencyObligationMember
374us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hum_UsTreasuryAndAgencyObligationMember
Debt Securities | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Investment [Line Items]    
Amortized Cost 1,704us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
1,453us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Gains 56us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
50us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Gross Unrealized Losses (2)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
(5)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
Total debt securities, Fair Value $ 1,758us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
$ 1,498us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasuryAndGovernmentMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember