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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 28, 2021 patent	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2021 patent	Jan. 31, 2021 patent	Sep. 30, 2020 patent	Jun. 30, 2020 patent	Mar. 31, 2020 patent lawsuit	Feb. 28, 2022 lawsuit
Other commitments
Total commitments		$ 138,855
Material suppliers
Other commitments
Total commitments		18,099
Application service providers
Other commitments
Total commitments		32,626
Earnouts for development with acquired Canadian entity
Other commitments
Total commitments		35,000
Software development provider
Other commitments
Total commitments		383
Lease commitments
Other commitments
Total commitments		19,422
Other material suppliers
Other commitments
Total commitments		14,442
Laboratory instruments supplier
Other commitments
Total commitments		18,883
CareDX Patent Case
Other commitments
Number of patent litigations \| lawsuit							2
Loss contingency, patents allegedly infringed, number \| patent							3
Number of invalid patents \| patent	3
Gain contingency, patents allegedly infringed, number \| patent							2
Amount awarded to other party		$ 44,900
ArcherDX Patent Case
Other commitments
Gain contingency, patents allegedly infringed, number \| patent					5
Ravgen Patent Case
Other commitments
Loss contingency, patents allegedly infringed, number \| patent						2
Progenity Patent Case
Other commitments
Gain contingency, patents allegedly infringed, number \| patent						6
Inivitae Patent Case
Other commitments
Loss contingency, patents allegedly infringed, number \| patent			3
Gain contingency, patents allegedly infringed, number \| patent				2
Class action
Other commitments
Number of claims \| lawsuit								2