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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 | $252 | per day |
Radiology | $355 | per image |
Pharmacy | $56 | per physician order |
Chemistry lab | $100 | per test |
Operating room | $680 | per operating room hour |
The activity usage information associated with the two patients is as follows:
Abel Putin | Cheryl Umit | |||
Number of days | 5 | days | 10 | days |
Number of images | 4 | images | 8 | images |
Number of physician orders | 7 | orders | 9 | orders |
Number of tests | 2 | tests | 5 | tests |
Number of operating room hours | 4 | hours | 5.5 | hours |
a. Determine the activity cost associated with each patient.
Abel Putin | $ |
Cheryl Umit | $ |
b. Why is the total activity cost different for the two patients?
apparently had a different condition that required more extensive treatment. Thus, the activity cost to is more than the activity cost of the other patient.
Answer:-a)-
Crosswinds Hospital | ||
Activity Cost of each patient | ||
Activity | Abel Putin | Cheryl Umlt |
$ | $ | |
Room and Meals | $252 per day*5 days=1260 | $252 per day*10 days=2520 |
Radiology | $355 per image*4 images=1420 | $355 per image*8 images=2840 |
Pharmacy | $56 per physician order*7 orders=392 | $56 per physician order*9 orders=504 |
Chemistry Lab | $100 per test*2 tests =200 | $100 per test*5 tests =500 |
Operating room | $680 per hour*4 hour=2720 | $680 per hour*5.5 hour=3740 |
Total Activity Cost | 5992 | 10104 |
b)-The activity cost of Cheryl Umlt is higher than the Abel Putin, because the farmer having higher no. of activity compare to the latter.