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: The activity usage information associated with the two patients is as follows: a. Determine the activity cost associated with each patient. 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