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Guarantees (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]    
Derivative Liabilities (13,782,000)us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities $ (10,948,000)us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
Notional amount of underlying interest rate swaps associated with risk participation agreements 924,884,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount 797,030,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
Financial Standby Letter Of Credit [Member]    
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]    
Standby letters of credit, net liability 3,100,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue
/ us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_FinancialStandbyLetterOfCreditMember
 
Contractual amount of letters of credit, guaranteed maximum potential future payments 313,800,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure
/ us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_FinancialStandbyLetterOfCreditMember
 
Risk Participation Agreement [Member] | Indirect Guarantee Of Indebtedness [Member]    
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]    
Notional amount of underlying interest rate swaps associated with risk participation agreements 68,900,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= cbsh_RiskParticipationAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_IndirectGuaranteeOfIndebtednessMember
 
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Risk Participation Agreement [Member] | Indirect Guarantee Of Indebtedness [Member]    
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]    
Derivative Liabilities (253,000)us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= us-gaap_NondesignatedMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= cbsh_RiskParticipationAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_IndirectGuaranteeOfIndebtednessMember
 
Minimum [Member] | Risk Participation Agreement [Member]    
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]    
Term, in years 3 years  
Maximum [Member] | Risk Participation Agreement [Member]    
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]    
Term, in years 11 years