Long-Term Debt and Note Payable - Affiliate (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt, including unamortized discounts and premiums

The following chart reflects (i) the consolidated long-term debt of Qwest Corporation and its subsidiaries, including finance leases, unamortized premiums, net, and unamortized debt issuance costs and (ii) note payable-affiliate:

			As of December 31,
	Interest Rates (2)	Maturities (2)	2021		2020
			(Dollars in millions)
Senior notes	6.500% - 7.750%	2025 - 2057	$	1,986	3,170
Term loan (1)	LIBOR + 2.00%	2027	215		215
Finance leases	Various	Various	2		6
Unamortized premiums, net			6		5
Unamortized debt issuance costs			(53)		(62)
Total long-term debt			2,156		3,334
Less current maturities			—		(948)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities			$	2,156	2,386
Note payable-affiliate	4.800%	2022	$	1,187	1,130

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(1) Qwest Corporation's Term Loan had interest rates of 2.110% and 2.150% as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

(2) As of December 31, 2021.

Schedule of aggregate maturities of the entity's long-term debt (excluding unamortized premiums, discounts, and other)

Set forth below is the aggregate principal amount of our long-term debt as of December 31, 2021 (excluding unamortized premiums, net, unamortized debt issuance costs and note payable-affiliate) maturing during the following years:

	(Dollars in millions)
2022	$	—
2023	—
2024	—
2025	250
2026	—
2027 and thereafter	1,953
Total long-term debt	$	2,203

Schedule of amount of gross interest expense, net of capitalized interest and interest expense (income)-affiliates

Interest expense includes interest on total long-term debt. The following table presents the amount of gross interest expense, net of capitalized interest and interest expense-affiliates, net:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2021		2020	2019
	(Dollars in millions)
Interest expense:
Gross interest expense	$	200	308	407
Capitalized interest	(19)		(29)	(27)
Total interest expense	$	181	279	380
Interest expense-affiliates, net	$	105	74	62