Segment Financial Information (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Financial Information [Text Block]

Segment Financial Information

The Company’s four reportable segments are UnitedHealthcare, OptumHealth, OptumInsight and OptumRx. For more information on the Company’s segments see Part I, Item I, “Business” and Note 13 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements” in the Company's 2014 10-K.

The following table presents the reportable segment financial information:

			Optum
(in millions)	UnitedHealthcare		OptumHealth		OptumInsight		OptumRx(a)		Optum Eliminations			Optum		Corporate and Eliminations			Consolidated
Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
Revenues - external customers:
Premiums	$	30,978	$	823	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	823	$	—		$	31,801
Products	—		8		31		6,443		—			6,482		—			6,482
Services	1,710		594		592		140		—			1,326		—			3,036
Total revenues - external customers	32,688		1,425		623		6,583		—			8,631		—			41,319
Total revenues - intersegment	—		2,067		961		7,824		(222		)	10,630		(10,630		)	—
Investment and other income	129		40		1		—		—			41		—			170
Total revenues	$	32,817	$	3,532	$	1,585	$	14,407	$	(222	)	$	19,302	$	(10,630	)	$	41,489
Earnings from operations	$	1,876	$	363	$	289	$	490	$	—		$	1,142	$	—		$	3,018
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—			—		(229		)	(229		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	1,876	$	363	$	289	$	490	$	—		$	1,142	$	(229	)	$	2,789
Three Months Ended September 30, 2014
Revenues - external customers:
Premiums	$	28,287	$	685	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	685	$	—		$	28,972
Products	—		6		23		1,051		—			1,080		—			1,080
Services	1,617		373		521		24		—			918		—			2,535
Total revenues - external customers	29,904		1,064		544		1,075		—			2,683		—			32,587
Total revenues - intersegment	—		1,749		705		6,936		(124		)	9,266		(9,266		)	—
Investment and other income	135		36		1		—		—			37		—			172
Total revenues	$	30,039	$	2,849	$	1,250	$	8,011	$	(124	)	$	11,986	$	(9,266	)	$	32,759
Earnings from operations	$	2,038	$	314	$	225	$	326	$	—		$	865	$	—		$	2,903
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—			—		(152		)	(152		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	2,038	$	314	$	225	$	326	$	—		$	865	$	(152	)	$	2,751

			Optum
(in millions)	UnitedHealthcare		OptumHealth		OptumInsight		OptumRx(a)		Optum Eliminations			Optum		Corporate and Eliminations			Consolidated
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
Revenues - external customers:
Premiums	$	93,069	$	2,367	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	2,367	$	—		$	95,436
Products	1		24		67		8,843		—			8,934		—			8,935
Services	5,028		1,694		1,693		192		—			3,579		—			8,607
Total revenues - external customers	98,098		4,085		1,760		9,035		—			14,880		—			112,978
Total revenues - intersegment	—		6,061		2,623		22,579		(553		)	30,710		(30,710		)	—
Investment and other income	415		113		1		1		—			115		—			530
Total revenues	$	98,513	$	10,259	$	4,384	$	31,615	$	(553	)	$	45,705	$	(30,710	)	$	113,508
Earnings from operations	$	5,805	$	850	$	782	$	1,116	$	—		$	2,748	$	—		$	8,553
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—			—		(530		)	(530		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	5,805	$	850	$	782	$	1,116	$	—		$	2,748	$	(530	)	$	8,023
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
Revenues - external customers:
Premiums	$	84,011	$	1,916	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	1,916	$	—		$	85,927
Products	2		17		63		3,033		—			3,113		—			3,115
Services	4,849		878		1,578		81		—			2,537		—			7,386
Total revenues - external customers	88,862		2,811		1,641		3,114		—			7,566		—			96,428
Total revenues - intersegment	—		5,094		2,098		20,355		(354		)	27,193		(27,193		)	—
Investment and other income	502		110		1		—		—			111		—			613
Total revenues	$	89,364	$	8,015	$	3,740	$	23,469	$	(354	)	$	34,870	$	(27,193	)	$	97,041
Earnings from operations	$	5,266	$	749	$	635	$	859	$	—		$	2,243	$	—		$	7,509
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—			—		(467		)	(467		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	5,266	$	749	$	635	$	859	$	—		$	2,243	$	(467	)	$	7,042

(a) As of September 30, 2015, OptumRx’s total assets were $25.7 billion as compared to $5.5 billion as of December 31, 2014. The increase was due to the Catamaran acquisition completed during the three months ended September 30, 2015. See Note 2 of Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on the Company’s acquisition of Catamaran.