St. Benedict's Hospital has three support departments and four patient services departments. The direct costs to each of the support departments are: General Administration $241,051 Facilities 524,500 Financial Services 263,261 Selected data for the three support and four patient services departments are: Department Patient Services Revenue Space (Square Feet) Housekeeping Labor Hours Salary Dollars Support General Administration Facilities Financial Services 1.156 226 136,445 24,020 1.560 4,357 345 2,599,618 154,013 Patient Services 15,595 1.102,493 Routine Care Intensive Care Diagnostic Services Other Services $2.989,541 356,964 552.153 40,277 4,346 5,709 9,935 3,098 488,079 527.379 1.319 1,022,707 2.907 666,134 Assume that the hospital uses the step-down method for cost allocation, with salary dollars as the cost driver for general administration, housekeeping labor hours as the cost driver for facilities, and patient services revenue as the cost driver for financial services. Assume also that the general administration department provides the most services to other support departments, followed closely by the facilities department. The financial services department provides the least services to the other support departments. Given these data, what is the cost pool for facilities? (Enter your final answer in dollars. Do not enter the dollar sign or commas. For example, if your answer is $1,234, enter as 1234.) St. Benedict's Hospital has three support departments and four patient services departments. The direct costs to each of the support departments are: General Administration $241,051 Facilities 524,500 Financial Services 263,261 Selected data for the three support and four patient services departments are: Department Patient Services Revenue Space (Square Feet) Housekeeping Labor Hours Salary Dollars Support General Administration Facilities Financial Services 1.156 226 136,445 24,020 1.560 4,357 345 2,599,618 154,013 Patient Services 15,595 1.102,493 Routine Care Intensive Care Diagnostic Services Other Services $2.989,541 356,964 552.153 40,277 4,346 5,709 9,935 3,098 488,079 527.379 1.319 1,022,707 2.907 666,134 Assume that the hospital uses the step-down method for cost allocation, with salary dollars as the cost driver for general administration, housekeeping labor hours as the cost driver for facilities, and patient services revenue as the cost driver for financial services. Assume also that the general administration department provides the most services to other support departments, followed closely by the facilities department. The financial services department provides the least services to the other support departments. Given these data, what is the cost pool for facilities? (Enter your final answer in dollars. Do not enter the dollar sign or commas. For example, if your answer is $1,234, enter as 1234.)
