In: Accounting
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 | $218 per day |
Radiology | $196 per image |
Pharmacy | $52 per physician order |
Chemistry lab | $73 per test |
Operating room | $971 per operating room hour |
The activity usage information associated with the two patients is as follows:
Abel Putin |
Cheryl Umit |
|
Number of days | 7 days | 4 days |
Number of images | 3 images | 3 images |
Number of physician orders | 6 orders | 1 orders |
Number of tests | 6 tests | 3 tests |
Number of operating room hours | 7 hours | 4 hours |
Required: | |
a. | Determine the activity cost associated with each patient. If required, round all per unit amounts to the nearest cent. |
b. | Why is the total activity cost different for the two patients? |
Activity Cost = Activity Rate*Driver Consumed | |||
Abel Putin | Cheryl Umit | ||
Room and meals | 1,526 | 872 | |
Radiology | 588 | 588 | |
Pharmacy | 312 | 52 | |
Chemistry lab | 438 | 219 | |
Operating room | 6,797 | 3,884 | |
Total cost | 9,661 | 5,615 | |
b.Cost is different since driver consumption is different |