Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Income Statement
Net revenues	$ 44,514	$ 43,215
Cost of revenues	37,934	36,471
Gross profit	6,580	6,744
Operating expenses	4,787	4,559
Operating profit	1,793	2,185
Interest expense, net	252	283
Other expense	7	9
Income before income tax provision	1,534	1,893
Income tax provision	572	746
Income from continuing operations	962	1,147
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(9)
Net income	953	1,147
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(1)	(1)
Net income attributable to CVS Health	$ 952	$ 1,146
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	$ 0.93	$ 1.04
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	(0.01)
Net income attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	$ 0.92	$ 1.04
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	1,030	1,092
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	$ 0.92	$ 1.04
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	(0.01)
Net income attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	$ 0.92	$ 1.04
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	1,035	1,099
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.50	$ 0.425