Segment Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

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
2023
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
Premiums	$	269,052	$	21,775	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	21,775	$	—	$	290,827
Products	—		207		162		42,214		—		42,583		—		42,583
Services	10,057		14,109		7,760		2,197		—		24,066		—		34,123
Total revenues - unaffiliated customers	279,109		36,091		7,922		44,411		—		88,424		—		367,533
Total revenues - affiliated customers	—		57,696		10,896		71,484		(3,703)		136,373		(136,373)		—
Investment and other income	2,251		1,532		114		192		—		1,838		—		4,089
Total revenues	$	281,360	$	95,319	$	18,932	$	116,087	$	(3,703)	$	226,635	$	(136,373)	$	371,622
Earnings from operations	$	16,415	$	6,560	$	4,268	$	5,115	$	—	$	15,943	$	—	$	32,358
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		(3,246)		(3,246)
Earnings before income taxes	$	16,415	$	6,560	$	4,268	$	5,115	$	—	$	15,943	$	(3,246)	$	29,112
Total assets	$	110,943	$	89,432	$	34,173	$	51,266	$	—	$	174,871	$	(12,094)	$	273,720
Purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software	866		1,199		974		347		—		2,520		—		3,386
Depreciation and amortization	989		1,058		1,229		696		—		2,983		—		3,972
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