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Employee Retention Credit, Amount Recognized

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Relief Received, Provider Relief Fund

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Revenue from Government Grants

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Sale Of Stock, Percentage Of Ownership Sold In Transaction

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable for statutory payroll taxes incurred through that date and withheld from employees pertaining to services received from them, including entity's matching share of the employees FICA taxes and contributions to the state and federal unemployment insurance programs.

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-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(15)(5))
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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the aggregate amount of obligations related to services received from employees, such as accrued salaries and bonuses, payroll taxes and fringe benefits.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (a)
-SubTopic 10
-Topic 230
-Publisher FASB
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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COVID-19 Pandemic (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
COVID-19 Pandemic (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2021	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Revenue from government grants						$ 9,100,000	$ 10,000,000
Health Care Services \| HCA Healthcare, Inc.
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Employer portion of payroll taxes delayed	$ 9,600,000
Percentage of ownership sold in transaction	80.00%	20.00%
CARES Act
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Employer portion of payroll taxes delayed		$ 0			$ 0	0			$ 72,700,000
Payment of payroll taxes			$ 31,600,000	$ 31,600,000
Employee Retention Credit, Amount Recognized					$ 0	0	9,400,000	$ 9,900,000
Employee retention credit, amount received						$ 14,700,000	4,600,000
Loans Insured or Guaranteed by US Government Authorities \| CARES Act
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Relief received from Provider Relief Fund							$ 61,100,000