Number of Ambulatory Surgery Centers

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Number Of Hospitals Operated

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Represents the number of outpatient centers in which they are recorded using the equity method of accounting

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Number Of Outpatient Facilities Operated

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Number Of Surgical Hospitals Operated By Subsidiaries

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 805
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (a)
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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Description of Business and Basis of Presentation (Details)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024 hospital	Mar. 31, 2024 healthcare_facility	Dec. 31, 2023 segment	Dec. 31, 2022 segment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment			2	3
Hospital Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acute care and specialty hospitals operated	52
Number of outpatient facilities operated \| healthcare_facility		151
United Surgical Partners International \| Ambulatory Care
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of ambulatory surgery centers	512
Number of surgical hospitals operated by subsidiaries	25
Number of outpatient centers recorded using equity method	157	157