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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
$ in Billions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Jan. 31, 2025
Jun. 30, 2024
Document Information [Line Items]      
Document Type 10-K    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2024    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2024    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Trading Symbol UHS    
Entity Registrant Name UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.    
Entity Central Index Key 0000352915    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Yes    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer    
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag true    
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] false    
Entity Shell Company false    
Entity Small Business false    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
Entity Public Float     $ 10.6
Entity File Number 1-10765    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE    
Entity Tax Identification Number 23-2077891    
Entity Address, Address Line One UNIVERSAL CORPORATE CENTER    
Entity Address, Address Line Two P.O. Box 61558    
Entity Address, Address Line Three 367 South Gulph Road    
Entity Address, City or Town King of Prussia    
Entity Address, State or Province PA    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 19406-0958    
City Area Code 610    
Local Phone Number 768-3300    
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Security Exchange Name NYSE    
Title of 12(b) Security Class B Common Stock, $0.01 par value    
Document Annual Report true    
Document Transition Report false    
Auditor Name PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP    
Auditor Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania    
Auditor Firm ID 238    
Documents Incorporated by Reference

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2024 (incorporated by reference under Part III).

    
Auditor Opinion [Text Block]

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Universal Health Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related consolidated statements of income, of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements"). We also have audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.

    
Class A      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   6,576,475  
Class B      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   57,751,199  
Class C      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   661,688  
Class D      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   12,614