Segment and Significant Concentrations - Revenue Information by Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 144,780	$ 132,637
System and other revenue
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Total revenue	24,284	18,714
Reagent and disposable revenue
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 120,496	$ 113,923

Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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