Woodbury Hospital has three service departments and three operating departments. Estimated cost and operating data for all departments in the hospital for the forthcoming quarter are presented in the table below:
Service Departments: Housekeeping Services, Food Services, Administrative Services
Operating Departments: Laboratory, Radiology, General Hospital
Total cost: $ 94,000 (Housekeeping), $ 315,060 (Food), $ 263,020 (Administrative), $ 423,400 (Laboratory), $ 548,500 (Radiology), $ 500,300 (General), $ 2,144,280 (Total)
Meals served: 1,500 (Administrative), 3,400 (Laboratory), 1,700 (Radiology), 72,200 (General), 78,800 (Total)
Square feet of space: 5,700 (Housekeeping), 15,100 (Food), 7,900 (Administrative), 12,100 (Laboratory), 8,200 (Radiology), 115,000 (General), 164,000 (Total)
Files processed: 17,500 (Laboratory), 10,500 (Radiology), 32,000 (General), 60,000 (Total)
The costs of the service departments are allocated by the step-down method using the allocation bases and in the order shown in the following table:
Service Department | Allocation Bases
Housekeeping Services | Square feet of space
Food Services | Meals served
Administrative Services | Files processed
All billing in the hospital is done through Laboratory, Radiology, or General Hospital. The hospital’s administrator wants the costs of the three service departments allocated to these three billing centers.
Required:
Using the step-down method, prepare the cost allocation desired by the hospital administrator. Include under each billing center the direct costs of the center, as well as the costs allocated from the service departments. (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
Departmental costs before allocations: Housekeeping Services $94,000; Food Services $315,060; Administrative Services $263,020; Laboratory $423,400; Radiology $548,500; General Hospital $500,300.
Allocations:
Housekeeping Services costs
Food Services costs
Administrative Services costs
Total costs after allocations