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 $182 per day Radiology $257 per image Pharmacy $48 per physician order Chemistry lab $107 per test Operating room $920 per operating room hour The activity usage information associated with the two patients is as follows: Abel Putin Cheryl Umit Number of days 6 days 9 days Number of images 5 images 5 images Number of physician orders 3 orders 5 orders Number of tests 4 tests 7 tests: Number of operating room hours 2.5 hours 6 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 activity cost of the other patient. is more than the