Calculating break-even. Jasmine Gonzales, administrative director of Small

Imaging Center, has been asked by the practice members to see if it is feasible to

add more staff to support the practices mammography service, which currently

has 2 analogue fi lm or screen units and 2 technologists. She has compiled the following

information:

A.) What is the monthly patient volume needed per month to cover fixed and variable

costs?

Reimbursement per screen: $66.05

Equipment costs per month $1,450.00

Technologist cost per mammography $15.60

Technologist aide per mammography $3.10

Variable cost per mammography $15.00

Equipment maintenance per month per machine $916.66

B.) What is the patient volume needed per month if Small Imaging Center desires

to cover its fixed and variable costs and make a $ 5,000 profit on this equipment

to cover other costs associated with the organization?

C. ) If reimbursement decreases to $ 60 per screen, what is the patient volume

needed per month to cover fixed and variable costs but not profit?

D. ) If a new technologist aide is hired, what is the patient volume needed per month

at the original reimbursement rate to variable costs, but not profit?

Please assist with the steps needed to solve questions A-D.