v2.4.1.9

Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	$ 863,330us-gaap_ProfitLoss	$ 757,201us-gaap_ProfitLoss	$ 641,237us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Other comprehensive income (losses)	(22,372)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	12,652us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	4,187us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Total comprehensive income (losses)	840,958us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	769,853us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	645,424us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(140,216)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	(123,755)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	(105,220)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Comprehensive income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	700,742us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	646,098us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	540,204us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	723,114us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	633,446us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	536,017us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember
Other comprehensive income (losses)	580us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	14,868us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	5,392us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember
Total comprehensive income (losses)	723,694us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	648,314us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	541,409us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember
Comprehensive income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	723,694us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	648,314us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	541,409us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	647,085us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember	522,778us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember	487,077us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Total comprehensive income (losses)	647,085us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember	522,778us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember	487,077us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Comprehensive income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	647,085us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember	522,778us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember	487,077us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	475,907us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	397,259us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	323,195us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Other comprehensive income (losses)	(22,952)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	(2,216)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	(1,205)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Total comprehensive income (losses)	452,955us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	395,043us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	321,990us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Comprehensive income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	452,955us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	395,043us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	321,990us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Consolidating Adjustments
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net income	(982,776)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	(796,282)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	(705,052)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember
Total comprehensive income (losses)	(982,776)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	(796,282)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	(705,052)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(140,216)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	(123,755)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	(105,220)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember
Comprehensive income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	$ (1,122,992)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	$ (920,037)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	$ (810,272)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember

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