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	$256	per day
Radiology	$361	per image
Pharmacy	$56	per physician order
Chemistry lab	$85	per test
Operating room	$720	per operating room hour

The activity usage information associated with the two patients is as follows:

	Abel Putin		Cheryl Umit
Number of days	4	days	11	days
Number of images	5	images	8	images
Number of physician orders	4	orders	6	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	$fill in the blank 1
Cheryl Umit	$fill in the blank 2

b. Why is the total activity cost different for the two patients?

Abel PutinCheryl Umit

apparently had a different condition that required more extensive treatment. Thus, the activity cost to

Abel PutinCheryl Umit

is more than the activity cost of the other patient.