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Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) (Details) - EBP 001
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
shares
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Entity tax identification number 04-2695240
Plan number 001
Notes Receivable from Participants $ 38,794
Total investment $ 7,901,810
Maximum  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Asset held for investment, participant loan, interest rate 9.50%
Minimum  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Asset held for investment, participant loan, interest rate 4.25%
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Stable Value Fund | Boston Scientific Common Stock Fund Shares | Common Stock  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 8,707,903
Current Value $ 523,171
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Stable Value Fund | PUTNAM STABLE VALUE FUND | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 371,933
Current Value $ 372
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Stable Value Fund | Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust II | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 264,864,624
Current Value $ 264,865
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | 500 Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 13,295
Current Value $ 8,400
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | American Cent Us Sm Cap Growth Trst Cl F | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 887
Current Value $ 10
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | American Funds Eupac R6 | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 1,839
Current Value $ 111
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | American Funds New Perspective R6 | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 4,260
Current Value $ 301
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Baird Aggregate Bond Inst | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 7,342
Current Value $ 73
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Balanced Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 13,161
Current Value $ 682
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Capital Group EuroPacific Growth Trust; U2 | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 15,794,975
Current Value $ 249,877
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Cash Reserves Federal MM Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 300,852
Current Value $ 301
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Dreyfus Government Cash Mgmt Instl | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 515
Current Value $ 1
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Emerging Mkts Stock Idx Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 12,696
Current Value $ 566
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Fidelity (FIAM) Core Plus CIT; Class J | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 2,163,525
Current Value $ 53,439
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Fidelity Real Estate Index | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 4,108
Current Value $ 66
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Growth Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 25,611
Current Value $ 6,432
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Institutional 500 Index Trust A | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 13,584,517
Current Value $ 1,889,470
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Institutional Extended Market Index Trust A | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 2,949,159
Current Value $ 379,380
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Institutional Total Bond Market Index Trust A | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 3,368,846
Current Value $ 371,112
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Institutional Total International Stock Market Index Trust A | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 2,628,711
Current Value $ 368,966
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund; Class R6 | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 1,660,003
Current Value $ 143,491
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Legal & General S&P 400 Dc Cit B | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 687
Current Value $ 157
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Legal & General S&P 500 Dc Cit | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 3,501
Current Value $ 1,172
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Legal & General S&P 600 Dc Cit | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 333
Current Value $ 75
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Mid Cap Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 1,744
Current Value $ 627
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Mid-Cap Growth Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 12,269
Current Value $ 1,474
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Mid-Cap Value Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 6,632
Current Value $ 609
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Nomura Small Cap Value R6 | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 841
Current Value $ 56
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Real Estate Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 5,831
Current Value $ 731
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Short-Term Bond Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 12,645
Current Value $ 131
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Small-Cap Growth Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 9,121
Current Value $ 968
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Small-Cap Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 5,011
Current Value $ 619
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Small-Cap Value Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 8,810
Current Value $ 802
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | State St Emg Mkts Indx Sl Sf Cl Ii | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 6,824
Current Value $ 110
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | State St Intl Indx Sl Cl Ix | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 11,422
Current Value $ 219
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | State St Us Bnd Indx Sl Cl Xiv | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 13,635
Current Value $ 157
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | T Rowe Price Institutional Sm. Cap Stock Fund: Inst'l Cl | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 10,780,004
Current Value $ 262,818
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | T. Rowe Price U.S. Value Equity Trust; Class C | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 5,081,470
Current Value $ 256,614
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2020 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 1,007,036
Current Value $ 57,293
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2025 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 2,764,112
Current Value $ 170,244
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2030 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 5,035,547
Current Value $ 333,371
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2035 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 5,811,820
Current Value $ 403,080
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2040 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 5,741,061
Current Value $ 427,614
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2045 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 6,328,674
Current Value $ 485,009
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2050 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 5,668,671
Current Value $ 457,398
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2055 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 4,590,725
Current Value $ 371,677
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2060 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 2,889,085
Current Value $ 233,558
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2065 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 1,446,676
Current Value $ 70,428
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement 2070 Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 175,302
Current Value $ 5,220
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement Income Fund | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 16,568
Current Value $ 230
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement Income Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 1,074,484
Current Value $ 50,934
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Target Retirement Income and Growth Trust Select | Common Collective Trust  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 63,844
Current Value $ 1,653
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Total Bond Market Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 57,641
Current Value $ 563
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Total Intl Bond Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 5,601
Current Value $ 108
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Total Intl Stock Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 29,236
Current Value $ 1,185
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Total Stock Market Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 26,681
Current Value $ 4,354
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Group | Value Index Adm | Mutual Fund  
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]  
Shares or Units | shares 9,018
Current Value $ 672