1. Predetermined Factory Overhead Rate

   Poehling Medical Center has a single operating room that is used by local physicians to perform surgical procedures. The cost of using the operating room is accumulated by each patient procedure and includes the direct materials costs (drugs and medical devices), physician surgical time, and operating room overhead. On January 1 of the current year, the annual operating room overhead is estimated to be:

   Disposable supplies		$290,400
   Depreciation expense		52,400
   Utilities		30,500
   Nurse salaries		436,000
   Technician wages		142,700
   	Total operating room overhead	$952,000

   The overhead costs will be assigned to procedures, based on the number of surgical room hours. Poehling Medical Center expects to use the operating room an average of eight hours per day, seven days per week. In addition, the operating room will be shut down two weeks per year for general repairs.

   a. Determine the predetermined operating room overhead rate for the year. $ per hour

   b. Bill Harris had a 7-hour procedure on January 22. How much operating room overhead would be charged to his procedure, using the rate determined in part (a)? $

   c. During January, the operating room was used 186 hours. The actual overhead costs incurred for January were $61,800. Determine the overapplied operating overhead or underapplied operating overhead for the period. Enter your answer as a positive number. $ overapplied

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   a. Use estimated annual operating room hours and estimated annual operating room overhead to find the predetermined overhead rate.

   b. Apply the predetermined rate to the hours of actual surgery.

   c. Apply the predetermined rate to the actual hours. Compare the actual cost and the applied cost.

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