Segment Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Financial Information [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the reportable segment financial information:

			Optum
(in millions)	UnitedHealthcare		Optum Health		Optum Insight		Optum Rx		Optum Eliminations		Optum		Corporate and Eliminations		Consolidated
2022
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
Premiums	$	238,783	$	18,374	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	18,374	$	—	$	257,157
Products	—		72		180		37,172		—		37,424		—		37,424
Services	10,035		10,917		4,996		1,603		—		17,516		—		27,551
Total revenues - unaffiliated customers	248,818		29,363		5,176		38,775		—		73,314		—		322,132
Total revenues - affiliated customers	—		40,883		9,288		60,936		(2,760)		108,347		(108,347)		—
Investment and other income	923		928		117		62		—		1,107		—		2,030
Total revenues	$	249,741	$	71,174	$	14,581	$	99,773	$	(2,760)	$	182,768	$	(108,347)	$	324,162
Earnings from operations	$	14,379	$	6,032	$	3,588	$	4,436	$	—	$	14,056	$	—	$	28,435
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		(2,092)		(2,092)
Earnings before income taxes	$	14,379	$	6,032	$	3,588	$	4,436	$	—	$	14,056	$	(2,092)	$	26,343
Total assets	$	107,094	$	68,950	$	31,090	$	47,476	$	—	$	147,516	$	(8,905)	$	245,705
Purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software	799		997		698		308		—		2,003		—		2,802
Depreciation and amortization	973		943		841		643		—		2,427		—		3,400
2021
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
Premiums	$	212,381	$	13,852	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	13,852	$	—	$	226,233
Products	—		32		159		34,246		—		34,437		—		34,437
Services	9,661		9,894		3,936		1,112		—		14,942		—		24,603
Total revenues - unaffiliated customers	222,042		23,778		4,095		35,358		—		63,231		—		285,273
Total revenues - affiliated customers	—		29,234		7,867		55,779		(2,013)		90,867		(90,867)		—
Investment and other income	857		1,053		237		177		—		1,467		—		2,324
Total revenues	$	222,899	$	54,065	$	12,199	$	91,314	$	(2,013)	$	155,565	$	(90,867)	$	287,597
Earnings from operations	$	11,975	$	4,462	$	3,398	$	4,135	$	—	$	11,995	$	—	$	23,970
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		(1,660)		(1,660)
Earnings before income taxes	$	11,975	$	4,462	$	3,398	$	4,135	$	—	$	11,995	$	(1,660)	$	22,310
Total assets	$	102,967	$	60,474	$	16,868	$	40,181	$	—	$	117,523	$	(8,284)	$	212,206
Purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software	795		791		567		301		—		1,659		—		2,454
Depreciation and amortization	1,004		818		684		597		—		2,099		—		3,103
2020
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
Premiums	$	191,679	$	9,799	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	9,799	$	—	$	201,478
Products	—		33		135		33,977		—		34,145		—		34,145
Services	8,464		6,815		3,687		1,050		—		11,552		—		20,016
Total revenues - unaffiliated customers	200,143		16,647		3,822		35,027		—		55,496		—		255,639
Total revenues - affiliated customers	—		22,481		6,941		52,420		(1,800)		80,042		(80,042)		—
Investment and other income	732		680		39		51		—		770		—		1,502
Total revenues	$	200,875	$	39,808	$	10,802	$	87,498	$	(1,800)	$	136,308	$	(80,042)	$	257,141
Earnings from operations	$	12,359	$	3,434	$	2,725	$	3,887	$	—	$	10,046	$	—	$	22,405
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		(1,663)		(1,663)
Earnings before income taxes	$	12,359	$	3,434	$	2,725	$	3,887	$	—	$	10,046	$	(1,663)	$	20,742
Total assets	$	98,229	$	52,073	$	15,425	$	39,280	$	—	$	106,778	$	(7,718)	$	197,289
Purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software	687		715		461		188		—		1,364		—		2,051
Depreciation and amortization	920		703		670		598		—		1,971		—		2,891