Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 933,735	$ 965,241	$ 1,420,973	$ 946,249
Accounts receivable, net	1,666,969	1,525,849
Other current assets	2,180,217	1,385,707
Total current assets	4,780,921	3,876,797
Property and equipment, net	2,564,708	2,469,099
Amortizable intangibles, net	1,868,432	1,949,498
Other long-term assets and investments	281,811	232,026
Goodwill	9,450,946	9,415,295		9,212,974
Total assets	18,946,818	17,942,715
Current liabilities	2,334,290	2,088,652
Long-term debt and other long-term liabilities	10,402,486	9,663,787
Noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions	863,126	829,965
Total DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. shareholders’ equity	5,146,849	5,170,513
Noncontrolling interests not subject to put provisions	200,067	189,798
Total equity	5,346,916	5,360,311
Total liabilities and equity	18,946,818	17,942,715
Consolidation, Eliminations
Condensed Financial Statements Captions [Line Items]
Investments in subsidiaries	(10,310,381)	(10,429,530)
Intercompany receivables	(4,362,502)	(4,287,695)
Total assets	(14,672,883)	(14,717,225)
Intercompany payables	(4,362,502)	(4,287,695)
Noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions	318,249	301,644
Total DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. shareholders’ equity	(10,310,381)	(10,429,530)
Noncontrolling interests not subject to put provisions	(318,249)	(301,644)
Total equity	(10,628,630)	(10,731,174)
Total liabilities and equity	(14,672,883)	(14,717,225)
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. | Reportable Legal Entities
Condensed Financial Statements Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	685,219	698,876	1,081,021	602,188
Other current assets	964,057	362,672
Total current assets	1,649,276	1,061,548
Property and equipment, net	196,905	195,690
Amortizable intangibles, net	89,029	85,338
Investments in subsidiaries	8,768,681	8,868,335
Intercompany receivables	3,783,559	3,723,454
Other long-term assets and investments	61,452	70,309
Total assets	14,548,902	14,004,674
Current liabilities	38,757	180,977
Long-term debt and other long-term liabilities	8,818,419	8,124,863
Noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions	544,877	528,321
Total DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. shareholders’ equity	5,146,849	5,170,513
Total equity	5,146,849	5,170,513
Total liabilities and equity	14,548,902	14,004,674
Guarantor Subsidiaries | Reportable Legal Entities
Condensed Financial Statements Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	58,195	77,921	137,229	151,454
Accounts receivable, net	995,284	915,851
Other current assets	1,093,115	930,093
Total current assets	2,146,594	1,923,865
Property and equipment, net	1,499,888	1,473,188
Amortizable intangibles, net	1,732,254	1,811,218
Investments in subsidiaries	1,541,700	1,561,195
Other long-term assets and investments	110,611	60,385
Goodwill	8,004,695	7,958,221
Total assets	15,035,742	14,788,072
Current liabilities	1,808,645	1,493,243
Intercompany payables	3,110,636	3,105,173
Long-term debt and other long-term liabilities	1,347,780	1,321,321
Total DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. shareholders’ equity	8,768,681	8,868,335
Total equity	8,768,681	8,868,335
Total liabilities and equity	15,035,742	14,788,072
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Reportable Legal Entities
Condensed Financial Statements Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	190,321	188,444	$ 202,723	$ 192,607
Accounts receivable, net	671,685	609,998
Other current assets	123,045	92,942
Total current assets	985,051	891,384
Property and equipment, net	867,915	800,221
Amortizable intangibles, net	47,149	52,942
Intercompany receivables	578,943	564,241
Other long-term assets and investments	109,748	101,332
Goodwill	1,446,251	1,457,074
Total assets	4,035,057	3,867,194
Current liabilities	486,888	414,432
Intercompany payables	1,251,866	1,182,522
Long-term debt and other long-term liabilities	236,287	217,603
Total DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. shareholders’ equity	1,541,700	1,561,195
Noncontrolling interests not subject to put provisions	518,316	491,442
Total equity	2,060,016	2,052,637
Total liabilities and equity	$ 4,035,057	$ 3,867,194