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Woodbury Hospital has three service departments and three operating departments. Estimated cost and operating data for...

Woodbury Hospital has three service departments and three operating departments. Estimated cost and operating data for all departments in the hospital for the forthcoming quarter are presented in the table below:

Service Departments

Operating Departments

Housekeeping Services Food Services Administrative Services Laboratory Radiology General Hospital Total
Total cost $107,000 $341,060 $289,020 $455,900 $600,500 $545,800 $2,339,280
Meals served 2,800 6,000 3,000 80,000 91,800
Square feet of space 7,000 19,000 10,500 16,000 9,500 128,000 190,000
Files processed 24,000 17,000 45,000 86,000

The costs of the service departments are allocated by the step-down method using the allocation bases and in the order shown in the following table:

Service Department Allocation Bases
Housekeeping Services Square feet of space
Food Services Meals served
Administrative Services Files processed

All billing in the hospital is done through Laboratory, Radiology, or General Hospital. The hospital’s administrator wants the costs of the three service departments allocated to these three billing centers.

Required:

Using the step-down method, prepare the cost allocation desired by the hospital administrator. Include under each billing center the direct costs of the center, as well as the costs allocated from the service departments. (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

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Note: Under step down method the support department with highest cost is allocated first among other service and operating dept. Then service dept. with next highest cost is allocated and so on. Here Food Services dept. has highest cost so it is allocated first and then admin dept. and at last Housekeeping dept.
Step Down Method Housekeeping Food Admin Laboratory Radiology General Hospital Total
Square feet of space            7,000.00      19,000.00      10,500.00       16,000.00        9,500.00           128,000.00       190,000.00
Meals served        2,800.00         6,000.00        3,000.00             80,000.00         91,800.00
Files processed       24,000.00      17,000.00             45,000.00         86,000.00
Costs before allocation        107,000.00    341,060.00    289,020.00    455,900.00 600,500.00           545,800.00 2,339,280.00
Allocation of Food dept. in the ratio of meals served (289,020.00)
Allocation % 3.05% 6.54% 3.27% 87.15% 100.00%
Allocation amount                         -   (341,060.00)      10,402.70       22,291.50      11,145.75           297,220.04                        -  
Costs after allocation        107,000.00                     -      299,422.70    478,191.50 611,645.75           843,020.04 2,339,280.00
Allocation of admin dept. in the ratio of files
Allocation %                         -   27.91% 19.77% 52.33% 100.00%
Allocation amount                         -                       -   (299,422.70)       83,559.82      59,188.21           156,674.67                        -  
Costs after allocation        107,000.00                     -                       -      561,751.33 670,833.96           999,694.71 2,339,280.00
Allocation of admin dept. in the ratio of space
Allocation % 10.42% 6.19% 83.39% 100.00%
Allocation amount      (107,000.00)       11,153.09        6,622.15             89,224.76                        -  
Costs after allocation                         -                       -                       -      572,904.00 677,456.00       1,088,920.00 2,339,280.00

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