2.2.0.7 false Subsequent Events 0217 - Disclosure - Subsequent Events true false false false 1 USD false false USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 USDEPS Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 Shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 $ 2 Subsequent Events [Abstract] 0 cyh_SubsequentEventsAbstract cyh false na duration Subsequent Events. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:stringItemType string Subsequent Events. false 3 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS 1 us-gaap_ScheduleOfSubsequentEventsTextBlock us-gaap true na duration No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0   <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Between July 1, 2010 and July 6, 2010, the Company repurchased 1,173,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted-average price of $34.00 per share under the December 9, 2009 open market repurchase program. Through July 30, 2010, the cumulative number of shares repurchased under this program is 1,529,000 shares. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Effective July 7, 2010, one or more subsidiaries of the Company completed the acquisition of Marion Regional Healthcare System in Marion, South Carolina. This system includes Marion Regional Hospital (124 licensed beds), a full service acute care hospital, along with a related skilled nursing facility and other ancillary services. The total cash consideration paid at closing for this acquisition, including for working capital, was $25.7 million. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Describes disclosed significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date, but before the issuance of the financial statements. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, losses resulting from fire or flood, losses on receivables, significant realized and unrealized gains and losses that result from changes in quoted market prices of securities, declines in market prices of inventory, changes in authorized or issued debt (SEC), significant foreign exchange rate changes, substantial loans to insiders or affiliates, significant long-term investments, and substantial dividends not in the ordinary course of business. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 5 -Paragraph 11 false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true