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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share was as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Amounts attributable to Quest Diagnostics’ stockholders: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Quest Diagnostics | $ | 164 |  |  | $ | 103 |
Less: Earnings allocated to participating securities | 1 |  |  | — |
Earnings available to Quest Diagnostics’ common stockholders – basic and diluted | $ | 163 |  |  | $ | 103 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic | 137 |  |  | 143 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock options and performance share units | 4 |  |  | 1 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted | 141 |  |  | 144 |
Earnings per share attributable to Quest Diagnostics’ common stockholders: |  |  |  |  |
Basic | $ | 1.19 |  |  | $ | 0.72 |
Diluted | $ | 1.16 |  |  | $ | 0.71 |
Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share | The following securities were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share due to their antidilutive effect:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Stock options and performance share units | 1 |  |  | 3 |

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