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Acquisition Acquisition, Textuals (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 23, 2013 | Oct. 15, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Jun. 03, 2011
Change in estimated value of accounts receivable and other current assets | $ (10,900,000)sci_Changeinestimatedvalueofaccountsreceivableandothercurrentassets |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price Per Share |  |  |  | $ 13.25 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs | 39,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of Acquisition Costs | 28,400,000 us-gaap_AcquisitionCosts |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net | 573,808,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet |  |  |  |  | 37,300,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet |
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Noncurrent Assets, Receivables | 140,000,000 sci_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationNoncurrentAssetsReceivables |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount | 3,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue |  | 11,400,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual |  | 800,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationEarningsOrLossOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired |  |  | 10.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired |  | 20.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired |  | 70.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Including Subsequent Acquisition, Percentage |  |  |  |  | 90.00%us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireeIncludingSubsequentAcquisitionPercentage |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred | 1,500,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Debt Assumed |  |  |  | 331,500,000 sci_Businesscombinationdebtassumed |  |  |
Acquisition costs - period interest | 11,300,000 sci_Acquisitioncostsperiodinterest |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill | 154,844,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill |  |  |  |  | 37,600,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill |
Change in estimated valued of acquired cemetery property | 2,674,000 sci_Changeinestimatedvaluedofacquiredcemeteryproperty |  |  |  |  |  |
Decrease in property and equipment, net | (10,331,000)sci_Decreaseinpropertyandequipmentnet |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in estimated value of preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments | (9,570,000)sci_Changeinestimatedvalueofpreneedfuneralandcemeteryreceivablesandtrustinvestments |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in estimated valued of acquired finite lived intangible assets | (30,834,000)sci_Changeinestimatedvaluedofacquiredfinitelivedintangibleassets |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in estimated valued of assets held for sale | 85,775,000 sci_Changeinestimatedvaluedofassetsheldforsale |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in value of deferred charges and other assets | 311,000 sci_Changeinvalueofdeferredchargesandotherassets |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in the estimated fair value of acquired deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trust | 42,417,000 sci_Changeintheestimatedfairvalueofacquireddeferredpreneedfuneralandcemeteryrevenuesanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in value of acquired assets and liabilities held for sale | (89,198,000)sci_Changeinvalueofacquiredassetsandliabilitiesheldforsale |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in estimated value of deferred income taxes | 41,676,000 sci_Changeinestimatedvalueofdeferredincometaxes |  |  |  |  |  |
Other changes in the estimated fair value of acquired assets and liabilities, net | (17,250,000)sci_Otherchangesintheestimatedfairvalueofacquiredassetsandliabilitiesnet |  |  |  |  |  |
Total adjustment to the estimated amount of goodwill in a business combination | 4,770,000 sci_Totaladjustmenttotheestimatedamountofgoodwillinabusinesscombination |  |  |  |  |  |
Cemetery [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net | 258,213,600 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_CemeteryMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Funeral [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net | 315,594,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sci_FuneralMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Current [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Gross Contractual Amount | 14,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquiredReceivablesGrossContractualAmount / sci_ClassificationAxis = sci_CurrentMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Estimated Uncollectible | 2,900,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquiredReceivablesEstimatedUncollectible / sci_ClassificationAxis = sci_CurrentMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Noncurrent [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Gross Contractual Amount | 170,300,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquiredReceivablesGrossContractualAmount / sci_ClassificationAxis = sci_NoncurrentMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Estimated Uncollectible | $ 30,300,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquiredReceivablesEstimatedUncollectible / sci_ClassificationAxis = sci_NoncurrentMember |  |  |  |  |  |

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