Assignment 2: Break-Even Point Formulas

Before making hiring or purchasing decisions, healthcare organizations must consider whether the decision is financially profitable. By calculating break-even points, organizations are able to examine actual costs and make more sound financial decisions. For this Assignment, you use data from the Southeast Imaging Center and calculate break-even points.

Scenario: Southeast Imaging Center is a small imaging center with two analogue film or screen units. As the director of the center, Juanita Hernandez has been asked to determine if the current staffing is correct for her place or should she add another aide. She currently uses 2 mammography units, 2 Certified Technologists, and 1 aide. She has analyzed the current costs and determined the following:

Reimbursement per screen	$125
Equipment lease per month ($12,000 per machine)	$24,000
Certified Technologists costs per mammography (2) @ $35	$70
Technologists' aide per mammography	$20
Variable cost per mammography	$12
Equipment maintenance per month ($8,000 per machine)	$16,000

To prepare for the Assignment:

Examine the Southeast Imaging Center scenario. Reflect on how you will use the financial data provided to calculate break-even points.

The Assignment: Given the above information, answer these items as a department:

A. Solve for monthly volume to break even.

B. Solve for monthly volume needed to break even at desired $5,000 per month profit level.

C. Solve for volume needed to break even at new reimbursement of $110 per screen and no profit.

D. Solve for volume needed to break even with one (1) additional aide.

Given the imaging center scenario and financial data, complete the Break Even Excel Template.

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