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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Favorable discrete tax items $ 1,000,000uhs_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseFavorableDiscreteTaxItems $ 1,000,000uhs_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseFavorableDiscreteTaxItems $ 1,000,000uhs_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseFavorableDiscreteTaxItems
Foreign pre-tax earnings 15,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 6,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 38,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Effective income tax rate, foreign 21.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential    
Undistributed foreign earnings 10,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Unrecognizable deferred tax liability related to foreign earnings 4,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Deferred federal and state tax benefit 17,000,000uhs_DeferredFederalAndStateIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 5,000,000uhs_DeferredFederalAndStateIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Future taxable income, amount 1,110,000,000uhs_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitFutureTaxableIncome    
Deferred state tax benefit (net of the federal benefit) 7,525,000us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 3,278,000us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (6,157,000)us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net operating losses 60,521,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 57,204,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards  
Deferred foreign tax benefit 3,000,000us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit    
Valuation allowances 52,764,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 46,841,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Increase in estimated liabilities for uncertain tax positions 1,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 1,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease  
Decrease in estimated liabilities for uncertain tax positions due to the lapse of the statute of limitations 1,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations    
Impact of unrecognized tax benefits if recognized 2,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 2,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate  
Jurisdictions statutes of limitations expiration period 12 months    
Period of expiration of the statute of limitations for certain jurisdictions Within the next twelve months    
Allowance in relation to state tax benefit      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Valuation allowances 50,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= uhs_ValuationAllowanceMember
44,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= uhs_ValuationAllowanceMember
 
Net Operating Losses      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Increase in valuation allowance 6,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesPeriodIncreaseDecrease
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= uhs_NetOperatingLossesMember
   
Foreign Net Operating Losses      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Increase in valuation allowance 3,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesPeriodIncreaseDecrease
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= uhs_ForeignNetOperatingLossesMember
3,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesPeriodIncreaseDecrease
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= uhs_ForeignNetOperatingLossesMember
 
Maximum      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Accrued interest and penalties 1,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
1,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
 
Foreign and U.S. state and local jurisdictions have statutes of limitations, in years 4 years    
Minimum      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Foreign and U.S. state and local jurisdictions have statutes of limitations, in years 3 years    
State and Local Jurisdiction      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Deferred state tax benefit (net of the federal benefit) 54,000,000us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Foreign Tax Authority      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Net operating losses $ 7,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember