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Fair Value Measurements (Summary Of Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements) (Details)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Auction Rate Securities [Member]  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]  
Valuation Technique, Discounted cash flow Discounted cash flow
Auction Rate Securities [Member] | Minimum [Member]  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]  
Unobservable Input, Estimated market recovery period 3 years
Unobservable Input, Estimated market rate 1.90%cbsh_FairValueEstimatedMarketRatePercent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Auction Rate Securities [Member] | Maximum [Member]  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]  
Unobservable Input, Estimated market recovery period 5 years
Unobservable Input, Estimated market rate 5.00%cbsh_FairValueEstimatedMarketRatePercent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Private Equity Investments [Member]  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]  
Valuation Technique, Market comparable companies Market comparable companies
Private Equity Investments [Member] | Minimum [Member]  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]  
Fair Value Inputs, Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization Multiple 4.0us-gaap_FairValueInputsEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAndAmortizationMultiple
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_PrivateEquityFundsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Private Equity Investments [Member] | Maximum [Member]  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]  
Fair Value Inputs, Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization Multiple 5.5us-gaap_FairValueInputsEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAndAmortizationMultiple
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_PrivateEquityFundsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member]  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]  
Valuation Technique, Discounted cash flow Discounted cash flow
Weighted Average, Probability of Funding 82.40%cbsh_WeightedAverageProbabilityofFunding
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= cbsh_MortgageLoanCommitmentsMember
Weighted Average, Embedded Servicing Value 1.00%cbsh_WeightedAverageEmbeddedServicingValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= cbsh_MortgageLoanCommitmentsMember
Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member] | Minimum [Member]  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]  
Probability of Funding 61.50%cbsh_ProbabilityofFunding
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= cbsh_MortgageLoanCommitmentsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Embedded Servicing Value 0.70%cbsh_EmbeddedServicingValueMortgageLoanCommitmentsDiscountedCashFlow
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= cbsh_MortgageLoanCommitmentsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member] | Maximum [Member]  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]  
Probability of Funding 100.00%cbsh_ProbabilityofFunding
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= cbsh_MortgageLoanCommitmentsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Embedded Servicing Value 1.00%cbsh_EmbeddedServicingValueMortgageLoanCommitmentsDiscountedCashFlow
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= cbsh_MortgageLoanCommitmentsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember