XML 81 R65.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.24.2.u1

Shareholders' Equity - Accelerated Share Repurchases (Details) - 2021 Repurchase Program - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Billions | Jan. 04, 2024 | Jan. 04, 2023 | Mar. 31, 2024 | Feb. 28, 2023
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |  |  |  |
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
ASR agreement, amount | $ 3.0 |  | $ 3.0 |
Payments for ASR, amount | $ 3.0 |  |  |
ASR percent of notional amount received in shares | 85.00% |  |  |
Shares repurchased under ASR agreement (in shares) | 31.4 |  | 8.3 |
Transfer of shares to treasury stock value | $ 2.6 |  |  |
ASR, shares to be received at the end of program as a percent of notional amount |  |  | 15.00% |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | Forward contract |  |  |  |
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Forward contract, notional amount | $ 0.4 |  |  |
Citibank, N.A. |  |  |  |
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
ASR agreement, amount |  | $ 2.0 |  | $ 2.0
Payments for ASR, amount |  | $ 2.0 |  |
ASR percent of notional amount received in shares |  | 80.00% |  |
Shares repurchased under ASR agreement (in shares) |  | 17.4 |  | 5.4
Transfer of shares to treasury stock value |  | $ 1.6 |  |
ASR, shares to be received at the end of program as a percent of notional amount |  |  |  | 20.00%
Citibank, N.A. | Forward contract |  |  |  |
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Forward contract, notional amount |  | $ 0.4 |  |

X
- Definition Accelerated Share Repurchases Agreement, Amount + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | cvs_AcceleratedShareRepurchasesAgreementAmount
Namespace Prefix: | cvs_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Accelerated Share Repurchases, Number of Shares Repurchased + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | cvs_AcceleratedShareRepurchasesNumberOfSharesRepurchased
Namespace Prefix: | cvs_
Data Type: | xbrli:sharesItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Accelerated Share Repurchases, Percent of Notional Amount in Shares to be Received at End of Program + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | cvs_AcceleratedShareRepurchasesPercentOfNotionalAmountInSharesToBeReceivedAtEndOfProgram
Namespace Prefix: | cvs_
Data Type: | dtr-types1:percentItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Accelerated Share Repurchases, Percent of Notional Amount Received in Shares + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | cvs_AcceleratedShareRepurchasesPercentOfNotionalAmountReceivedInShares
Namespace Prefix: | cvs_
Data Type: | dtr-types1:percentItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Payments for Accelerated Share Repurchases, Amount + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | cvs_PaymentsForAcceleratedShareRepurchasesAmount
Namespace Prefix: | cvs_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Transfer of Shares to Treasury Stock Value + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | cvs_TransferOfSharesToTreasuryStockValue
Namespace Prefix: | cvs_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1B -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480434/815-10-50-1B Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -Subparagraph (d) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480434/815-10-50-1A + Details
Name: | us-gaap_DerivativeNotionalAmount
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_EquityClassOfTreasuryStockLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | srt_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis=cvs_A2021RepurchaseProgramMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | srt_CounterpartyNameAxis=cvs_MorganStanleyAndCoLLCMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis=us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | srt_CounterpartyNameAxis=cvs_CitibankNAMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |