Retirement Plan (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) item	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan
Age limit for eligibility to participate in the plan \| item	18
AxoGen 401K Plan
Defined Benefit Plan
Employer contributions \| $	$ 295	$ 217
Axogen 401K Plan, employer's contribution on first 3% of employee contribution
Defined Benefit Plan
Employer matching contributions	3.00%
Employee contribution matched, percent	3.00%
Axogen 401K Plan, employer's contribution on next 2% of employee contribution
Defined Benefit Plan
Employer matching contributions	1.00%
Employee contribution matched, percent	2.00%

Employee contribution, as a percent of annual salary, that is matched by the employer.

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Defined contribution plan minimum age limit for eligibility to participate in plan.

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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