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Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net (loss) income	$ (76,148)us-gaap_ProfitLoss	$ 211,737us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Other comprehensive loss	(22,608)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	1,006us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Total comprehensive (loss) income	(98,756)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	212,743us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(34,469)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	(28,448)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	(133,225)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	184,295us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net (loss) income	(110,617)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	183,289us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember
Other comprehensive loss	(4,723)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	978us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember
Total comprehensive (loss) income	(115,340)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	184,267us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	(115,340)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember	184,267us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_DavitaHealthCarePartnersIncMember
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net (loss) income	(133,144)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember	156,272us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Total comprehensive (loss) income	(133,144)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember	156,272us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	(133,144)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember	156,272us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net (loss) income	79,525us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	83,975us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Other comprehensive loss	(17,885)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	28us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Total comprehensive (loss) income	61,640us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	84,003us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	61,640us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember	84,003us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_NonGuarantorSubsidiariesMember
Consolidating Adjustments
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net (loss) income	88,088us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	(211,799)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember
Total comprehensive (loss) income	88,088us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	(211,799)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(34,469)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	(28,448)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.	$ 53,619us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember	$ (240,247)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dva_ConsolidatingAdjustmentsMember

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