Question

1. Poehling Medical Center has a single operating room that is used by local physicians to perform surgical procedures. The cost of using the operating room is accumulated by each patient procedure and includes the direct materials costs (drugs and medical devices), physician surgical time, and operating room overhead. On January 1 of the current year, the annual operating room overhead is estimated to be:

   Disposable supplies		$316,000
   Depreciation expense		57,000
   Utilities		33,200
   Nurse salaries		474,500
   Technician wages		155,300
   	Total operating room overhead	$1,036,000

   The overhead costs will be assigned to procedures, based on the number of surgical room hours. Poehling Medical Center expects to use the operating room an average of eight hours per day, seven days per week. In addition, the operating room will be shut down two weeks per year for general repairs.

   a. Determine the predetermined operating room overhead rate for the year.
   $fill in the blank 1 per hour

   b. Bill Harris had a 4-hour procedure on January 22. How much operating room overhead would be charged to his procedure, using the rate determined in part (a)?
   $fill in the blank 2

   c. During January, the operating room was used 194 hours. The actual overhead costs incurred for January were $70,200. Determine the over applied operating overhead or under applied operating overhead for the period. Enter your answer as a positive number.
   $fill in the blank 3

Answer 1