Harbortown Multispecialty Clinic has two revenue$-$generating patient services

departments $-$ Medicine and Surgery. These departments are supported by three

overhead departments $-$ Housekeeping, Financial Services, and General

Administration. The following information on Clinic expenses was compiled:

Harbortown has determined that the cost driver for housekeeping is square feet and

that the cost driver for Administration and Financial Services is the number of

employees. Using the direct method of cost allocation, what is the total allocation of

financial services to the Department of Medicine $($rounded to the nearest cent$)?$

$$159,184$

$$141,818$

$$170,968$

$$135,652$