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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, by reportable segment, were as follows:
(in millions) |  | UnitedHealthcare |  | Optum Health |  | Optum Insight |  | Optum Rx |  | Consolidated
Balance at January 1, 2021 |  | $ | 27,785 |  |  | $ | 19,844 |  |  | $ | 8,173 |  |  | $ | 15,535 |  |  | $ | 71,337 |
Acquisitions |  | 60 |  |  | 4,648 |  |  | 96 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,804 |
Foreign currency effects and other adjustments, net |  | (456) |  |  | (268) |  |  | 350 |  |  | 28 |  |  | (346) |
Balance at December 31, 2021 |  | 27,389 |  |  | 24,224 |  |  | 8,619 |  |  | 15,563 |  |  | 75,795 |
Acquisitions |  | 19 |  |  | 5,158 |  |  | 8,623 |  |  | 3,910 |  |  | 17,710 |
Foreign currency effects and other adjustments, net |  | (13) |  |  | (144) |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (153) |
Balance at December 31, 2022 |  | $ | 27,395 |  |  | $ | 29,238 |  |  | $ | 17,244 |  |  | $ | 19,475 |  |  | $ | 93,352 |
Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] | The gross carrying value, accumulated amortization and net carrying value of other intangible assets were as follows:
|  | December 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
(in millions) |  | Gross Carrying Value |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Value |  | Gross Carrying Value |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Value
Customer-related |  | $ | 16,303 |  |  | $ | (5,179) |  |  | $ | 11,124 |  |  | $ | 13,011 |  |  | $ | (4,697) |  |  | $ | 8,314 |
Trademarks and technology |  | 2,398 |  |  | (704) |  |  | 1,694 |  |  | 1,630 |  |  | (739) |  |  | 891 |
Trademarks and other indefinite-lived |  | 661 |  |  | — |  |  | 661 |  |  | 617 |  |  | — |  |  | 617 |
Other |  | 1,176 |  |  | (254) |  |  | 922 |  |  | 422 |  |  | (200) |  |  | 222 |
Total |  | $ | 20,538 |  |  | $ | (6,137) |  |  | $ | 14,401 |  |  | $ | 15,680 |  |  | $ | (5,636) |  |  | $ | 10,044 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Table Text Block] | The acquisition date fair values and weighted-average useful lives assigned to finite-lived intangible assets acquired in business combinations consisted of the following by year of acquisition:
|  | 2022 |  | 2021
(in millions, except years) |  | Fair Value |  | Weighted-Average Useful Life |  | Fair Value |  | Weighted-Average Useful Life
Customer-related |  | $ | 3,927 |  |  | 15 years |  | $ | 484 |  |  | 9 years
Trademarks and technology |  | 1,058 |  |  | 6 years |  | 147 |  |  | 5 years
Other |  | 776 |  |  | 13 years |  | 29 |  |  | 11 years
Total acquired finite-lived intangible assets |  | $ | 5,761 |  |  | 13 years |  | $ | 660 |  |  | 8 years
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block] | Estimated full year amortization expense relating to intangible assets for each of the next five years ending December 31 is as follows:
(in millions) |  |
2023 |  | $ | 1,562 |
2024 |  | 1,478 |
2025 |  | 1,360 |
2026 |  | 1,206 |
2027 |  | 1,154 |

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