Description of Plan (Details) - EBP 001 - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Distribution Period To Beneficiary Upon Participant Death	5 years
EBP, Requisite Age For Participation	18 years
EBP, Requisite Service Period For Employer Matching Contribution	12 months
EBP, Forfeited Nonvested Account	$ 2,219,000	$ 1,577,000
EBP, Forfeited Nonvested Account, Decrease from Employer Contribution	(1,648,000)
EBP, Note Receivable from Participant, Account, Minimum Borrowing, Amount	$ 1,000
EBP, Note Receivable from Participant, Account, Maximum Borrowing, to Total Account, Percentage	50.00%
EBP, Note Receivable from Participant, Account, Maximum Borrowing, Amount	$ 50,000
EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Account, General Loans, Borrowing Term	5 years
EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Account, Primary Residence, Borrowing Term	10 years
EBP, Participant Loan Basis Spread On Variable Rate	1.00%
EBP, Participant Contribution, Automatic, Annual Increase Deferral Rate	1.00%
EBP, Participant Contribution, Pretax, Minimum Annual Compensation to Total Compensation, Percentage	1.00%
EBP, Participant Contribution, Pretax, Maximum Annual Compensation to Total Compensation, Percentage	75.00%
EBP, Employer Contribution, Matching Percentage	50.00%
EBP, Employer Matching Contribution, Maximum Compensation Percentage	6.00%
EBP, Highly Compensated Participant Minimum Base Salary	$ 120,000
EBP, Employer Matching Contribution to Highly Compensated Participants, Maximum	$ 3,600
EBP, Minimum Participant Age For Catch-up Contributions	50 years
EBP Participant Contribution Vesting Percentage	100.00%
EBP, Mandatory Distribution Age	73 years
EBP, Automatic Distribution to Participant Threshold	$ 1,000
EBP, Participant Loan, Maturity Date	Dec. 31, 2035
EBP, Mandatory Rollover Threshold Minimum	$ 1,000
EBP, Mandatory Rollover Threshold Maximum	$ 7,000
DaVita Stock Fund
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Participant Contribution, Pretax, Maximum Annual Compensation to Total Compensation, Percentage	20.00%
New Employees
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Participant Contribution, Automatic, Deferral Rate	6.00%
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Participant Loan, Interest Rate	4.25%
EBP, Participant Contribution, Automatic, Deferral Rate	1.00%
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Participant Loan, Interest Rate	9.50%
EBP, Participant Contribution, Automatic, Deferral Rate	10.00%
EBP, Employer Matching Contributions, Participants Prior January 1, 2018
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Matching Contribution, Vesting Percentage	100.00%
EBP, Employer Matching Contributions, Participants on or after January 1, 2018
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Matching Contribution, Vesting Percentage	25.00%
EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Service Period	4 years

EBP, Automatic Distribution to Participant Threshold

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EBP, Distribution Period To Beneficiary Upon Participant Death

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EBP, Employer Matching Contribution, Maximum Compensation Percentage

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EBP, Employer Matching Contribution to Highly Compensated Participants, Maximum

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EBP, Employer Matching Contribution, Vesting Percentage

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EBP, Employer Matching Contribution Vesting Service Period

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- Definition

EBP, Highly Compensated Participant Minimum Base Salary

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EBP, Mandatory Distribution Age

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EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Account, General Loans, Borrowing Term

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Automatic, Annual Increase Deferral Rate

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Pretax, Minimum Annual Compensation to Total Compensation, Percentage

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EBP Participant Contribution Vesting Percentage

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EBP, Participant Loan Basis Spread On Variable Rate

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EBP, Participant Loan, Maturity Date

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EBP, Requisite Age For Participation

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EBP, Requisite Service Period For Employer Matching Contribution

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- Definition

EBP, Terminated Employees Mandatory Rollover Threshold Maximum

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EBP, Terminated Employees Mandatory Rollover Threshold Minimum

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478416/962-205-50-1

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- Definition

Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478873/962-325-55-17

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- Definition

Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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- Definition

Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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Amount of minimum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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- Definition

Percentage of eligible compensation contributed for participant automatically enrolled in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Percentage of maximum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute to total pretax annual compensation.

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- Definition

Interest rate on participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (1)(i)(D)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 962
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