Abaxis Piccolo Xpress
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Product code: ABAXIS-PICCOLO-XPRESS
Manufacturer: Abaxis
Shipping Weight: 30.00lbs (13.61kg)
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Stop sending revenue out the door. Get comprehensive metabolic panels in 12 minutes - and bill for them the same day the patient walks out.
The Abaxis Piccolo Xpress turns your practice into a profit center. Every CMP, lipid panel, and liver function test you send to a reference lab is revenue you're handing to someone else. This CLIA-waived analyzer runs 31 chemistry tests from three drops of blood, delivers results in 12 minutes, and fits on a corner of your counter.
Your staff already knows how to use it. Load a disc, add a sample, press a button. No lab tech required. No special training. No waiting days for results while patients wonder what's wrong.
Why physician offices choose the Piccolo Xpress from Block Scientific:
Keep testing revenue in-house
Stop paying reference lab fees for routine panels.
Results in 12 minutes
Diagnose and treat in a single visit.
CLIA-waived operation
Your existing staff can run it today.
Reagent discs at fair prices
Lower your cost per test by up to 30% versus buying direct.
Pays for itself within a year
Often faster, depending on your patient volume.
90-day to 1-year warranty
Full protection on every refurbished system.
Piccolo Xpress specifications that matter for your practice
The Piccolo Xpress has been the go-to point-of-care chemistry analyzer for physician offices, urgent care centers, and small clinics for over a decade. Thousands of installations worldwide. Proven reliability. Your patients get answers the same day they ask the question.
Core performance metrics
What makes the Piccolo Xpress different from sending tests out
Single-visit diagnosis changes your practice.
When the patient's CMP results are ready before they leave the exam room, you treat today instead of calling tomorrow. No phone tag. No anxious patients waiting for callback. No scheduling a second visit for results. That's better medicine and better economics.
Self-calibrating discs eliminate the complexity.
Each reagent disc has a barcode that tells the analyzer everything it needs to know. No manual calibration. No daily QC procedures eating up your morning. No worrying about whether someone entered the lot number correctly. Load, run, read results.
CLIA-waived means your current staff can operate it.
You don't need to hire a lab technician or get additional certifications. Your medical assistant who takes vitals can run chemistry panels. That's labor cost you're not adding to the equation.
The math that makes this a profit center
Every chemistry panel you send to a reference lab costs you twice. Once for the fee you pay them. Again for the revenue you could have billed yourself.
What you're currently paying to send tests out
A typical reference lab charges $15-40 for a comprehensive metabolic panel. Add the draw fee, the courier pickup, and the administrative time to track results and call patients back. Your actual cost per panel easily hits $25-50 when you count everything.
What you bill when you keep it in-house
Medicare reimbursement for a comprehensive metabolic panel (CPT 80053) runs approximately $10-14. Commercial insurance pays more. Your cost per test on the Piccolo Xpress? A fraction of that after the analyzer pays for itself.
The break-even calculation
Run 5-10 panels a day. That's typical for a primary care practice. At $10-15 net revenue per panel after disc costs, you're looking at $50-150 daily. The refurbished Piccolo Xpress pays for itself in months, not years. Everything after that is pure margin.
The reference lab doesn't want you to do this math. We do.
Complete test menu for primary care
The Piccolo Xpress covers the chemistry tests that drive 90% of your outpatient testing volume. No sending out for routine panels.
CLIA-waived panels (your staff runs these without a lab license)
Additional panels (moderate complexity)
Reagent discs at prices that protect your margins
The Piccolo Xpress uses single-use reagent discs. Each disc contains everything needed for a complete panel - reagents, diluent, and calibration data. No bottles to open. No reagent waste. No expiration surprises.
Block Scientific disc pricing advantage
Same Abaxis discs, lower price
Ships from US inventory in days
No minimum orders after your first purchase
Standing order programs to prevent running out
Real math for real practices: A family medicine office running 8 CMPs daily saves thousands annually on disc costs alone compared to buying direct. That's money you keep instead of handing to a distributor.
Who benefits most from the Piccolo Xpress
Primary care and family medicine
Annual physicals mean metabolic panels. Diabetes management means glucose and kidney function. Medication monitoring means liver enzymes. You're already ordering these tests - you might as well bill for them yourself. The 12-minute turnaround means you review results with the patient before they leave.
Internal medicine practices
Chronic disease management lives on chemistry panels. Your hypertensive patients need renal function. Your statin patients need lipids. Your metformin patients need metabolic monitoring. Keep those panels in-house and keep that revenue.
Urgent care centers
The patient with abdominal pain needs a CMP. The dehydrated patient needs electrolytes. The chest pain rule-out needs cardiac enzymes (you'll still send troponin out, but the metabolic workup stays with you). Faster results mean faster disposition and higher patient satisfaction scores.
Occupational health clinics
Pre-employment physicals, DOT exams, and wellness screenings all need chemistry panels. High volume, routine testing - exactly what the Piccolo Xpress handles best. Run panels back-to-back without waiting for the next appointment.
Specialty practices
Endocrinology, nephrology, and gastroenterology offices order chemistry panels constantly. Why send them out when you can bill for them yourself? The Piccolo Xpress fits your workflow and your budget.
Rural and underserved areas
Your patients can't drive an hour to a lab and wait days for results. The Piccolo Xpress brings laboratory-grade testing to locations where send-out turnaround times make chronic disease management nearly impossible.
Why buy refurbished from Block Scientific
The economics are obvious
A refurbished Piccolo Xpress costs a fraction of new. The analyzer delivers identical results either way - same discs, same chemistry, same accuracy. The difference is your investment and your time to ROI.
Technology that's proven, not experimental
The Piccolo Xpress has been in clinical use for over a decade. Every quirk is documented. Every failure mode is known. Every fix is established. You're buying mature technology that works, not beta testing someone's latest release.
Availability when you need it
New equipment has multi-week lead times. Your practice can't wait that long to start capturing testing revenue. Refurbished Piccolo Xpress analyzers ship from our inventory in days. You're running panels next week.
Support that doesn't disappear after the sale
Block Scientific has supported Piccolo Xpress analyzers for years. We stock discs. We know these systems. When something needs attention, we're there - not hiding behind a manufacturer call center.
Sell us your old point-of-care analyzer
Upgrading from something older? Consolidating equipment? Your old POC analyzer has value even if it's collecting dust.
We buy all major POC platforms
Piccolo, Piccolo Xpress, VetScan
i-STAT systems
DCA Vantage, Clinitek series
Cholestech
LDX systems
Other POC chemistry analyzers
Your old analyzer becomes someone else's solution
That first-generation Piccolo gathering dust? A rural clinic would put it back to work tomorrow. We handle evaluation, pickup, and payment. Your trade-in credit applies to your new Piccolo Xpress purchase.
Sell us your old point-of-care analyzer
Upgrading from something older? Consolidating equipment? Your old POC analyzer has value even if it's collecting dust.
We buy all major POC platforms
Piccolo, Piccolo Xpress, VetScan
i-STAT systems
DCA Vantage, Clinitek series
Cholestech
LDX systems
Other POC chemistry analyzers
Your old analyzer becomes someone else's solution
That first-generation Piccolo gathering dust? A rural clinic would put it back to work tomorrow. We handle evaluation, pickup, and payment. Your trade-in credit applies to your new Piccolo Xpress purchase.
How the Piccolo Xpress works - three steps, twelve minutes
Other vendors sell you equipment and disappear. Block Scientific supports the entire journey.
Step 1: Collect your sample
Draw 100 µL of whole blood (that's 3-4 drops). Finger stick or venous draw - both work. Transfer to the reagent disc using the included pipette. The sample mixes automatically with the reagents inside the disc.
Step 2: Load and run
Place the disc in the analyzer. Enter patient information on the touchscreen (or scan from your barcode system). Press analyze. Walk away for 12 minutes - check on your next patient, finish your notes, grab coffee.
Step 3: Read and bill
Results display on screen, print on adhesive paper for the chart, and transmit to your EMR via USB. Review with the patient. Document. Bill. Done.
No calibration.
The disc barcode handles that automatically.
No daily QC.
The built-in iQC system runs quality checks with every sample.
No lab tech.
Your MA or nurse can run this after a 30-minute orientation.
Frequently asked questions about the Piccolo Xpress
Yes - 11 of the 16 available panels are CLIA-waived when you use whole blood samples. Your practice can perform these tests under a Certificate of Waiver without a laboratory director or licensed technologist. The remaining panels are moderate complexity and require additional certification.
The analyzer is 12.75" x 6" x 8" and weighs 11 pounds. It needs a standard power outlet. That's it. Most practices put it on a counter in the lab area, but it can go anywhere convenient.
Reagent disc cost varies by panel type. Block Scientific pricing runs up to 30% below direct purchase. Your actual cost per reportable result depends on your disc pricing and test volume. We can calculate this for your specific situation.
The Piccolo Xpress has bidirectional USB ports for data transfer. Most EMR systems can receive results directly. The analyzer also stores up to 5,000 patient records internally and prints adhesive labels for chart documentation.
The iQC system validates every run. If something's wrong with the disc, sample, or reaction, the analyzer flags it before reporting results. You'll know immediately if you need to re-run. Failed discs are rare, but when they happen, you're not reporting bad results.
Yes. The 100 µL sample volume works for finger stick collection from children. The small sample requirement is one of the Piccolo Xpress's advantages over analyzers that need larger venous draws.
Unopened discs have approximately 6-12 months shelf life depending on panel type (check individual lot dating). They store at room temperature - no refrigeration required. Once opened, use immediately. Since each disc is single-use, there's no opened-reagent waste like you'd have with bottle-based systems.
Almost none. Wipe down the exterior occasionally. The analyzer self-calibrates with every disc. No daily maintenance procedures. No weekly cleaning protocols. No monthly PM visits. It just runs.
Block Scientific provides service support nationwide. Most issues are user-correctable with phone guidance. When on-site service is needed, we respond quickly. Our service costs up to 50% less than manufacturer rates.
Yes. The Piccolo Xpress uses the same photometric chemistry principles as large laboratory analyzers. Peer-reviewed studies confirm accuracy and precision comparable to reference laboratory methods. The iQC system performs continuous quality checks. Results are clinically reliable.
For CLIA-waived testing, proficiency testing isn't required but is recommended. For moderate complexity panels, you'll need to participate in a proficiency testing program. The Piccolo Xpress handles PT samples the same as patient samples.
Different tools for different needs. The i-STAT excels at blood gases, cardiac markers, and coagulation testing that the Piccolo can't do. The Piccolo Xpress excels at comprehensive chemistry panels that would require multiple i-STAT cartridges. Many practices use both. If your primary need is metabolic panels and lipids, the Piccolo Xpress is the better fit.
Ready to turn your practice into a profit center?
Every chemistry panel you send out is revenue walking out your door. The Piccolo Xpress brings that revenue back - along with faster results, happier patients, and better care.
Stop subsidizing reference laboratories. Start billing for testing you're already ordering.
Next steps:
Step 1.
Get your custom quote with disc pricing
Step 2.
Calculate your ROI based on current send-out volume
Step 2.
Find out what your old equipment is worth
Step 4.
Start running panels within two weeks
