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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

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 lease and other obligations, unamortized premiums, net, unamortized debt issuance costs and (ii) note payable-affiliate:

			As of December 31,
	Interest Rates (1)	Maturities (1)	2022		2021
			(Dollars in millions)
Senior notes	6.500% - 7.750%	2025 - 2057	$	1,986	1,986
Term loan (2)	LIBOR + 2.25%	2027	215		215
Finance lease and other	Various	Various	3		2
Unamortized premiums, net			5		6
Unamortized debt issuance costs			(52)		(53)
Total long-term debt			2,157		2,156
Less current maturities			(2)		—
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities			$	2,155	2,156
Note payable-affiliate	5.424%	2027	$	—	1,187

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(1) As of December 31, 2022.

(2) Qwest Corporation's Term Loan had interest rates of 6.640% and 2.110% as of December 31, 2022 and 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, 2022 (excluding unamortized premiums, net, unamortized debt issuance costs and note payable-affiliate) maturing during the following years:

	(Dollars in millions)
2023	$	2
2024	—
2025	251
2026	—
2027	215
2028 and thereafter	1,736
Total long-term debt	$	2,204

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,
	2022		2021	2020
	(Dollars in millions)
Interest expense:
Gross interest expense	$	141	200	308
Capitalized interest	(29)		(19)	(29)
Total interest expense	$	112	181	279
Interest expense-affiliates, net	$	60	105	74