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Condensed Financial Information Of Registrant (Tables) (Parent Company [Member]) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Parent Company [Member] |
Condensed Balance Sheets | Centene Corporation (Parent Company Only) Condensed Balance Sheets (In millions, except share data)
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
ASSETS |  |  |
Current assets: |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Short term investments, at fair value (amortized cost $8 and $6, respectively) | 8 |  |  | 6 |
Other current assets | 378 |  |  | 125 |
Total current assets | 389 |  |  | 134 |
Long term investments, at fair value (amortized cost $10 and $8, respectively) | 10 |  |  | 8 |
Investment in subsidiaries | 2,296 |  |  | 1,667 |
Other long term assets | 38 |  |  | 32 |
Total assets | $ | 2,733 |  |  | $ | 1,841 |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |  |  |
Current liabilities | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 5 |
Long term debt | 815 |  |  | 591 |
Other long term liabilities | 3 |  |  | 2 |
Total liabilities | 842 |  |  | 598 |
Redeemable noncontrolling interest | 148 |  |  | — |
Stockholders' equity: |  |  |
Common stock, $.001 par value; authorized 200,000,000 shares; 124,274,864 issued and 118,433,416 outstanding at December 31, 2014, and 117,346,430 issued and 110,638,478 outstanding at December 31, 2013 | — |  |  | — |
Additional paid-in capital | 840 |  |  | 594 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (1 | ) |  | (3 | )
Retained earnings | 1,003 |  |  | 732 |
Treasury stock, at cost (5,841,448 and 6,707,952 shares, respectively) | (98 | ) |  | (89 | )
Total Centene stockholders' equity | 1,744 |  |  | 1,234 |
Noncontrolling interest | (1 | ) |  | 9 |
Total stockholders' equity | 1,743 |  |  | 1,243 |
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 2,733 |  |  | $ | 1,841 |
Condensed Statements Of Operations | Centene Corporation (Parent Company Only) Condensed Statements of Operations (In millions, except share data)
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Expenses: |  |  |  |  |
General and administrative expenses | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Other income (expense): |  |  |  |  |
Investment and other income | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 20 |
Interest expense | (30 | ) |  | (23 | ) |  | (16 | )
Earnings (loss) before income taxes | (32 | ) |  | (26 | ) |  | — |
Income tax benefit | (8 | ) |  | (15 | ) |  | (10 | )
Net earnings (loss) before equity in subsidiaries | (24 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | 10 |
Equity in earnings from subsidiaries | 285 |  |  | 173 |  |  | 66 |
Net earnings | 261 |  |  | 162 |  |  | 76 |
(Earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests | 7 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 13 |
Net earnings attributable to Centene | 268 |  |  | 161 |  |  | 89 |
Net earnings per share from continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |
Basic earnings per common share | $ | 2.30 |  |  | $ | 1.49 |  |  | $ | 0.86 |
Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 2.23 |  |  | $ | 1.43 |  |  | $ | 0.83 |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: |  |  |  |  |
Basic | 116,345,764 |  |  | 108,253,090 |  |  | 103,018,732 |
Diluted | 120,360,212 |  |  | 112,494,346 |  |  | 107,428,750 |
Condensed Statements Of Cash Flows | Centene Corporation (Parent Company Only) Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (In millions)
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Cash flows from operating activities: |  |  |  |  |
Cash provided by operating activities | $ | 317 |  |  | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 328 |
Cash flows from investing activities: |  |  |  |  |
Net dividends from and capital contributions to subsidiaries | (384 | ) |  | (417 | ) |  | (540 | )
Purchase of investments | (32 | ) |  | (12 | ) |  | (7 | )
Sales and maturities of investments | 14 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 30 |
Acquisitions | (137 | ) |  | (67 | ) |  | — |
Net cash used in investing activities | (539 | ) |  | (486 | ) |  | (517 | )
Cash flows from financing activities: |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from borrowings | 1,875 |  |  | 180 |  |  | 400 |
Payment of long term debt | (1,650 | ) |  | (30 | ) |  | (215 | )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 8 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 16 |
Proceeds from stock offering | — |  |  | 15 |  |  | — |
Common stock repurchases | (29 | ) |  | (20 | ) |  | (13 | )
Debt issue costs | (7 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (4 | )
Contributions from noncontrolling interest | 6 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 1 |
Purchase of noncontrolling interest | — |  |  | — |  |  | (14 | )
Excess tax benefits from stock compensation | 19 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 11 |
Net cash provided by financing activities | 222 |  |  | 165 |  |  | 182 |
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | — |  |  | (19 | ) |  | (7 | )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 3 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 29 |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 22 |

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