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Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Fair Value Adjustment

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Variable Interest Entity, Percentage of the Product

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Variable Interest Entity, Threshold Percentage of Fair Value that is No Less Than Internal Rate of Return

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Variable Interest Entity, Threshold Period For Unremedied Material Breach of the Joint Venture Agreement By The Other Party

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Amount after tax of income (loss) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling shareholder, unit holder, partner, or other equity holder of a joint venture.

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The cash outflow associated with the investment in or advances to an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group.

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The aggregate fair value as of the reporting date of all noncontrolling interests which are redeemable by the (parent) entity (1) at a fixed or determinable price on a fixed or determinable date, (2) at the option of the holder of the noncontrolling interest, or (3) upon occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the (parent) entity. This item includes noncontrolling interest holder's ownership (or holders' ownership) regardless of the type of equity interest (common, preferred, other) including all potential organizational (legal) forms of the investee entity.

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Redemption value, as if currently redeemable, of redeemable noncontrolling interest classified as temporary equity and the election has been made to accrete changes in redemption value to the earliest redemption date.

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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.

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The carrying amount of the consolidated Variable Interest Entity's assets included in the reporting entity's statement of financial position.

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Investment in Joint Venture (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Apr. 30, 2018
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Variable interest entity, assets		$ 45.1	$ 48.3
Noncontrolling interest in net loss joint venture		3.9
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, fair value adjustment		11.7
Guardant Health AMEA, Inc
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Payments to acquire interest in joint venture	$ 9.0
Equity method investment, shares purchased	40,000
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	50.00%			50.00%
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, fair value		$ 41.0
Threshold period for unremedied material breach of the joint venture agreement by the other party		20 days
Threshold percentage of fair value that is no less than internal rate of return		20.00%
Percentage of the product		40.00%
SoftBank \| Guardant Health AMEA, Inc
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Payments to acquire interest in joint venture	$ 41.0
Equity method investment, shares purchased	40,000
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	50.00%
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, redemption value	$ 41.0
Threshold percentage of fair value (greater than)		40.00%