Earnings per share Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

The reconciliations of the numerators and denominators used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:

	Three months ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	162,917	$	239,649
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic shares	79,368		87,775
Assumed incremental from stock plans	1,907		2,772
Diluted shares	81,275		90,547
Basic net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.05	$	2.73
Diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.00	$	2.65
Anti-dilutive stock-settled awards excluded from calculation(1)	187		391

(1)Shares associated with stock awards excluded from the diluted denominator calculation because they were anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.