| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 2411407 - Disclosure - Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits - Expected Future Benefit Payments (Details) (http://www.cvshealth.com/role/PensionPlansAndOtherPostretirementBenefitsExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsDetails) |
| Table | Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000064803 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | Pension Plans |
| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | Period [Axis] |
|---|---|
2016-12-31 | |
2017 | |
2018 | |
2019 | |
2020 | |
2021 | |
Thereafter |