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Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value $ 9,572us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities $ 9,547us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Measured On Recurring Basis    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash equivalents 1,779hum_CashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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1,712hum_CashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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Total debt securities, Fair Value 9,572us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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9,547us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Total invested assets 11,351us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
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11,259us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
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Measured On Recurring Basis | Tax-exempt municipal securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 2,756us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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3,068us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Measured On Recurring Basis | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 16us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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17us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Measured On Recurring Basis | Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 891us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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843us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Measured On Recurring Basis | Asset-backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 139us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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29us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Measured On Recurring Basis | Corporate Debt Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 3,646us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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3,718us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Measured On Recurring Basis | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | U.S. Treasury And Agency Obligations    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 366us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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374us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Measured On Recurring Basis | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 1,758us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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1,498us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Measured On Recurring Basis    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash equivalents 1,779hum_CashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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1,712hum_CashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Total invested assets 1,779us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
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1,712us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Tax-exempt municipal securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Asset-backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Corporate Debt Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Measured On Recurring Basis | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | U.S. Treasury And Agency Obligations    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Measured On Recurring Basis | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Measured On Recurring Basis    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash equivalents 0hum_CashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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Total debt securities, Fair Value 9,560us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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9,515us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Total invested assets 9,560us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
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9,515us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
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Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Tax-exempt municipal securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 2,750us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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3,060us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 16us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 891us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Asset-backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 138us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Corporate Debt Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 3,641us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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3,695us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Measured On Recurring Basis | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | U.S. Treasury And Agency Obligations    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 366us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Measured On Recurring Basis | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 1,758us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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1,498us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Measured On Recurring Basis    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash equivalents 0hum_CashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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Total invested assets 12us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
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Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Tax-exempt municipal securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 6us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Asset-backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 1us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Measured On Recurring Basis | Corporate Debt Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 5us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Measured On Recurring Basis | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | U.S. Treasury And Agency Obligations    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Measured On Recurring Basis | U.S. Treasury And Other U.S. Government Corporations And Agencies | Mortgage-Backed Securities    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Total debt securities, Fair Value $ 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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