Earnings Per Share - Reconciliations of Numerators and Denominators Used to Calculate Basic and Diluted Net Income Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Net income (loss) attributable to DaVita Inc.:
Net income from continuing operations	$ 978,450	$ 783,295	$ 706,832
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations	0	(9,653)	104,149
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.	$ 978,450	$ 773,642	$ 810,981
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Weighted average shares outstanding during the period (in shares)	105,230,000	119,797,000	153,181,000
Assumed incremental shares from stock plans (in shares)	4,718,000	2,826,000	631,000
Weighted average shares - diluted (in shares)	109,948,000	122,623,000	153,812,000
Basic net income (loss) attributable to DaVita Inc.:
Basic net income from continuing operations (in usd per share)	$ 9.30	$ 6.54	$ 4.61
Basic net loss from discontinued operations per share attributable to DaVita Inc. (in usd per share)	0	(0.08)	0.68
Basic net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc. (in usd per share)	9.30	6.46	5.29
Diluted net income (loss) attributable to DaVita Inc.:
Diluted net income from continuing operations per share attributable to DaVita Inc. (in usd per share)	8.90	6.39	4.60
Diluted net loss from discontinued operations per share attributable to DaVita Inc. (in usd per share)	0	(0.08)	0.67
Diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc. (in usd per share)	$ 8.90	$ 6.31	$ 5.27
Anti-dilutive stock-settled awards excluded from calculation (in shares)	116,000	2,301,000	5,936,000