Segment Financial Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

The following tables present reportable segment financial information:

			Optum
(in millions)	UnitedHealthcare		OptumHealth		OptumInsight		OptumRx		Optum Eliminations		Optum		Corporate and Eliminations		Consolidated
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
Premiums	$	48,121	$	2,742	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	2,742	$	—	$	50,863
Products	—		10		34		8,733		—		8,777		—		8,777
Services	2,075		1,834		974		241		—		3,049		—		5,124
Total revenues - unaffiliated customers	50,196		4,586		1,008		8,974		—		14,568		—		64,764
Total revenues - affiliated customers	—		5,748		1,755		13,102		(424)		20,181		(20,181)		—
Investment and other income	177		165		4		5		—		174		—		351
Total revenues	$	50,373	$	10,499	$	2,767	$	22,081	$	(424)	$	34,923	$	(20,181)	$	65,115
Earnings from operations	$	2,068	$	835	$	785	$	963	$	—	$	2,583	$	—	$	4,651
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		(395)		(395)
Earnings before income taxes	$	2,068	$	835	$	785	$	963	$	—	$	2,583	$	(395)	$	4,256
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
Premiums	$	45,557	$	1,840	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,840	$	—	$	47,397
Products	—		6		29		7,511		—		7,546		—		7,546
Services	2,274		1,487		988		193		—		2,668		—		4,942
Total revenues - unaffiliated customers	47,831		3,333		1,017		7,704		—		12,054		—		59,885
Total revenues - affiliated customers	—		4,630		1,594		10,734		(441)		16,517		(16,517)		—
Investment and other income	274		170		6		16		—		192		—		466
Total revenues	$	48,105	$	8,133	$	2,617	$	18,454	$	(441)	$	28,763	$	(16,517)	$	60,351
Earnings from operations	$	2,655	$	748	$	632	$	979	$	—	$	2,359	$	—	$	5,014
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		(449)		(449)
Earnings before income taxes	$	2,655	$	748	$	632	$	979	$	—	$	2,359	$	(449)	$	4,565

			Optum
(in millions)	UnitedHealthcare		OptumHealth		OptumInsight		OptumRx		Optum Eliminations		Optum		Corporate and Eliminations		Consolidated
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
Premiums	$	143,753	$	7,144	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	7,144	$	—	$	150,897
Products	—		26		90		25,339		—		25,455		—		25,455
Services	6,248		4,607		2,629		781		—		8,017		—		14,265
Total revenues - unaffiliated customers	150,001		11,777		2,719		26,120		—		40,616		—		190,617
Total revenues - affiliated customers	—		16,623		5,140		38,843		(1,275)		59,331		(59,331)		—
Investment and other income	547		430		34		46		—		510		—		1,057
Total revenues	$	150,548	$	28,830	$	7,893	$	65,009	$	(1,275)	$	100,457	$	(59,331)	$	191,674
Earnings from operations	$	11,963	$	2,388	$	1,882	$	2,655	$	—	$	6,925	$	—	$	18,888
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		(1,262)		(1,262)
Earnings before income taxes	$	11,963	$	2,388	$	1,882	$	2,655	$	—	$	6,925	$	(1,262)	$	17,626
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Revenues - unaffiliated customers:
Premiums	$	138,088	$	3,986	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	3,986	$	—	$	142,074
Products	—		23		74		23,874		—		23,971		—		23,971
Services	6,603		4,131		2,532		490		—		7,153		—		13,756
Total revenues - unaffiliated customers	144,691		8,140		2,606		24,364		—		35,110		—		179,801
Total revenues - affiliated customers	—		13,366		4,522		30,786		(1,181)		47,493		(47,493)		—
Investment and other income	904		488		17		44		—		549		—		1,453
Total revenues	$	145,595	$	21,994	$	7,145	$	55,194	$	(1,181)	$	83,152	$	(47,493)	$	181,254
Earnings from operations	$	8,251	$	2,062	$	1,589	$	2,688	$	—	$	6,339	$	—	$	14,590
Interest expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		(1,267)		(1,267)
Earnings before income taxes	$	8,251	$	2,062	$	1,589	$	2,688	$	—	$	6,339	$	(1,267)	$	13,323