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Income Tax Reconciliation of the tax provision at the U.S. Federal Statutory Rate (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Amount $ 3,380us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 3,120us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 3,018us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Nonrefundable Industry Tax Expense 469unh_NonrefundableIndustryTaxExpense 0unh_NonrefundableIndustryTaxExpense 0unh_NonrefundableIndustryTaxExpense
Effective Income Tax Rate Nondeductible Industry Tax 4.80%unh_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateNondeductibleIndustryTax 0.00%unh_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateNondeductibleIndustryTax 0.00%unh_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateNondeductibleIndustryTax
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, State and Local Income Taxes, Amount 154us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 126us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 143us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, State and Local Income Taxes, Percent 1.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Tax Exempt Income, Amount (49)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxExemptIncome (53)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxExemptIncome (59)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxExemptIncome
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Tax Exempt Income, Percent (0.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxExemptIncome (0.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxExemptIncome (0.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxExemptIncome
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Amount 96us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense 39us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense 22us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Percent 1.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense 0.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense 0.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Other Adjustments, Amount (13)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 10us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments (28)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Other Adjustments, Percent (0.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Total provision for income taxes $ 4,037us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 3,242us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 3,096us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent 41.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 36.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 35.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations