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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Taxes) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Health plan services premiums $ 13,361,170,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationPremiumRevenue $ 10,377,073,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationPremiumRevenue $ 10,459,098,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationPremiumRevenue
State Required Premium Income Taxes [Member]      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Premium taxes paid based on membership or billed premiums 191,200,000hnt_PremiumTax
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= hnt_StateRequiredPremiumIncomeTaxesMember
124,400,000hnt_PremiumTax
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= hnt_StateRequiredPremiumIncomeTaxesMember
51,600,000hnt_PremiumTax
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= hnt_StateRequiredPremiumIncomeTaxesMember
Reinstated Medicaid premium tax [Member]      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Taxes, Other 157,100,000us-gaap_TaxesOther
/ hnt_MedicaidpremiumtaxesAxis
= hnt_ReinstatedMedicaidpremiumtaxMember
92,800,000us-gaap_TaxesOther
/ hnt_MedicaidpremiumtaxesAxis
= hnt_ReinstatedMedicaidpremiumtaxMember
 
Reinstated prior year Medicaid premium taxes [Member] [Member]      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Taxes, Other   20,200,000us-gaap_TaxesOther
/ hnt_MedicaidpremiumtaxesAxis
= hnt_ReinstatedprioryearMedicaidpremiumtaxesMember
 
Medicaid Premium Revenue [Member]      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Health plan services premiums 4,755,900,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationPremiumRevenue
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= hnt_MedicaidPremiumRevenueMember
2,430,300,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationPremiumRevenue
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= hnt_MedicaidPremiumRevenueMember
1,963,100,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationPremiumRevenue
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= hnt_MedicaidPremiumRevenueMember
Medicaid Premium Revenue [Member] | Reinstated Medicaid premium tax [Member]      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Health plan services premiums $ 157,100,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationPremiumRevenue
/ hnt_MedicaidpremiumtaxesAxis
= hnt_ReinstatedMedicaidpremiumtaxMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= hnt_MedicaidPremiumRevenueMember
$ 92,800,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationPremiumRevenue
/ hnt_MedicaidpremiumtaxesAxis
= hnt_ReinstatedMedicaidpremiumtaxMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= hnt_MedicaidPremiumRevenueMember