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 |