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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of carrying amounts and estimated fair values of long-term debt, excluding capital lease obligations, and input level to determine fair values | The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of CenturyLink, Inc.'s financial liabilities as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:
|  |  | September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
| Input Level |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value
|  |  | (Dollars in millions)
Long-term debt, excluding finance lease and other obligations | 2 |  | $ | 34,911 |  |  | 35,739 |  |  | 35,260 |  |  | 32,915 |
Interest rate swap contracts (see Note 10) | 2 |  | 71 |  |  | 71 |  |  | — |  |  | — |

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