Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
Net revenues	$ 45,693	$ 44,514
Cost of Goods and Services Sold	38,834	37,943
Gross profit	6,859	6,571
Operating expenses	4,913	4,778
Operating profit	1,946	1,793
Interest expense, net	473	252
Other expense	3	7
Income before income tax provision	1,470	1,534
Income tax provision	472	572
Income from continuing operations	998	962
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		(9)
Net income	998	953
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		(1)
Net income attributable to CVS Health	$ 998	$ 952
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	$ 0.98	$ 0.93
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)		(0.01)
Net income attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	$ 0.98	$ 0.92
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	1,016	1,030
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	$ 0.98	$ 0.92
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)		(0.01)
Net income attributable to CVS Health (in dollars per share)	$ 0.98	$ 0.92
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	1,019	1,035
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.50	$ 0.50