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Activity-Based Costing for a Service Company
Crosswinds Hospital plans to use activity-based costing to assign hospital indirect costs to the care of patients. The hospital has identified the following activities and activity rates for the hospital indirect costs:
| Activity | Activity Rate | |
| Room and meals | $210 | per day |
| Radiology | $296 | per image |
| Pharmacy | $45 | per physician order |
| Chemistry lab | $77 | per test |
| Operating room | $740 | per operating room hour |
The activity usage information associated with the two patients is as follows:
| Abel Putin | Cheryl Umit | |||
| Number of days | 3 | days | 11 | days |
| Number of images | 4 | images | 5 | images |
| Number of physician orders | 7 | orders | 9 | orders |
| Number of tests | 3 | tests | 6 | tests |
| Number of operating room hours | 3.5 | hours | 5.5 | hours |
a. Determine the activity cost associated with each patient.
| Abel Putin | $ |
| Cheryl Umit | $ |
Activity cost associated with patient Abel Putin
| Activity |
Activity base usage (1) |
Activity Rate (2) |
Total cost (1)*(2) per actvity |
| Rooms and meals | 3 days | 210 per day | 630 |
| Radiology | 4 images | 296 per image | 1184 |
| Pharmacy | 7 orders | 45 per order | 315 |
| Chemistry Lab | 3 test | 77 per test | 231 |
| Operating Room | 3.5 hours | 740 per hour | 2590 |
| TOTAL ACTIVITY COST = $ 4950 |
Activity cost associated with patient Cheril Umit Putin
| Activity |
Activity base usage (1) |
Activity Rate (2) |
Total cost (1)*(2) per actvity |
| Rooms and meals | 11 days | 210 per day | 2310 |
| Radiology | 5 images | 296 per image | 1480 |
| Pharmacy | 9 orders | 45 per order | 405 |
| Chemistry Lab | 6 test | 77 per test | 462 |
| Operating Room | 5.5 hours | 740 per hour | 4070 |
| TOTAL ACTIVITY COST = $ 8727 |