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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for sales commissions.

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REVENUE Disaggregated Revenue Table (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Contract with Customer, Asset, Gross	$ 343.2		$ 318.2
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation	$ 3,900.0
Percent of remaining performance obligations recognized as revenue in next year	40.00%
Contract with Customer, Performance Obligation Satisfied in Previous Period	$ 22.1
Contract with Customer, Liability	412.3		377.4
Capitalized Contract Cost, Amortization	0.6	$ 0.1
Accrued Sales Commission	24.6		24.0
Liabilities, Noncurrent			7,662.4
Deferred Sales Commission	33.3		25.7
Capitalized Contract Cost, Net	8.7		1.7
Amortization of Deferred Sales Commissions	4.2	$ 3.7
Unbilled Contracts Receivable	$ 348.6		324.1
Percent of Revenue Contributed	100.00%	100.00%
Client [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed		20.00%
Self-Pay [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed		10.00%
Medicare and Medicaid [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	9.00%	10.00%
Third party [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed		28.00%
UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	78.00%	79.00%
CANADA
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	3.00%	3.00%
UNITED KINGDOM
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	4.00%	3.00%
SWITZERLAND
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	5.00%	5.00%
Europe [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	4.00%	4.00%
Other countries [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	7.00%	6.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	62.10%	67.90%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Client [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	18.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Self-Pay [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	10.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Third party [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	25.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	59.00%	64.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED STATES \| Client [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	16.00%	18.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED STATES \| Self-Pay [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	10.00%	10.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED STATES \| Medicare and Medicaid [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	9.00%	10.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED STATES \| Third party [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	23.00%	26.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| CANADA
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	3.00%	3.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| CANADA \| Client [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	1.00%	1.00%
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Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| CANADA \| Medicare and Medicaid [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| CANADA \| Third party [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	2.00%	2.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	1.00%	1.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM \| Client [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	1.00%	1.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM \| Self-Pay [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM \| Medicare and Medicaid [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM \| Third party [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| SWITZERLAND
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
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Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
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Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
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Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| SWITZERLAND \| Third party [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Europe [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Europe [Member] \| Client [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Europe [Member] \| Self-Pay [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Europe [Member] \| Medicare and Medicaid [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Europe [Member] \| Third party [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Other countries [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Other countries [Member] \| Medicare and Medicaid [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
LabCorp Diagnostics [Member] \| Other countries [Member] \| Third party [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
Covance Drug Development [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Unbilled Contracts Receivable	$ 690.0		$ 694.4
Percent of Revenue Contributed	37.90%	32.10%
Covance Drug Development [Member] \| Biopharmaceutical and medical device companies [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	38.00%	32.00%
Covance Drug Development [Member] \| UNITED STATES \| Biopharmaceutical and medical device companies [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	19.00%	15.00%
Covance Drug Development [Member] \| CANADA \| Biopharmaceutical and medical device companies [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	0.00%	0.00%
Covance Drug Development [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM \| Biopharmaceutical and medical device companies [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	3.00%	2.00%
Covance Drug Development [Member] \| SWITZERLAND \| Biopharmaceutical and medical device companies [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	5.00%	5.00%
Covance Drug Development [Member] \| Europe [Member] \| Biopharmaceutical and medical device companies [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	4.00%	4.00%
Covance Drug Development [Member] \| Other countries [Member] \| Biopharmaceutical and medical device companies [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue Contributed	7.00%	6.00%