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Activity$-$based costing for a service company

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 $$219$ per day

Radiology $$309$ per image

Pharmacy $$50$ per physician order

Chemistry lab $$91$ per test

Operating room $$680$ per operating room hour

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

Line Item Description Abel Putin Cheryl Umit

Number of days $6$ days $10$ days

Number of images $4$ images $8$ images

Number of physician orders $6$ orders $8$ orders

Number of tests $4$ tests $7$ tests

Number of operating room hours $3$ hours $5\mathrm{.}5$ hours

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a$.$ Determine the activity cost associated with each patient.

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