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Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | ||
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2011
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Company matching contributions | $ 4,900 | ||
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Minimum
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Multiple employer matching contributions rate | 0.00% | ||
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Maximum
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Multiple employer matching contributions rate | 6.00% | ||
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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan | Rabbi Trust
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Total fair value of assets held in trust | 19,421 | 15,185 | |
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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan | DaVita Voluntary Deferral Plan
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Voluntary compensation deferral plan description | The Company also maintains a voluntary compensation deferral plan, the DaVita Voluntary Deferral Plan. This plan is non-qualified and permits certain employees whose annualized base salary equals or exceeds a minimum annual threshold amount as set by the Company to elect to defer all or a portion of their annual bonus payment and up to 50% of their base salary into a deferral account maintained by the Company | ||
| Maximum percentage of employees' base salary to be maintained into deferral account | 50.00% | ||
| Non-qualified deferred compensation plan, contributions | 4,089 | 3,935 | 2,416 |
| Deferred compensation arrangement, timing of payments | Deferred amounts are generally paid out in cash at the participant's election either in the first or second year following retirement or in a specified future period at least three to four years after the deferral election was effective. | ||
| Non-qualified deferred compensation plan, distributions | 4,158 | 1,324 | 955 |
| Total fair value of assets held in trust | 572 | ||
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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan | DaVita Voluntary Deferral Plan | Rabbi Trust
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Total fair value of assets held in trust | 17,419 | 13,985 | |
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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan | Executive Retirement Plan
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Executive Retirement Plan, distributions | 0 | 226 | 194 |
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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan | Executive Retirement Plan | Rabbi Trust
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Total fair value of assets held in trust | 1,430 | 1,200 | |
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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan | Key Employees
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Non-qualified deferred compensation plan, contributions | 4,658 | ||
| Cash surrender value of life insurance policies | 56,300 | ||
| Deferred compensation liabilities owed to participants | 62,000 | ||
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Control Protection Program
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
| Cash bonuses to employees in the event of a change of control | $ 533,000 | ||