Question

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 Depreciation expense Utilities $299,600 75,000 32,000 278,500 126,900 Nurse salaries Technician wages Total operating room overhead $812,000 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. Ja. Determine the predetermined operating room overhead rate for the year. per hour b. Bill Harris had a five-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 240 hours. The actual overhead costs incurred for January were $67,250. Determine the overapplied operating overhead or underapplied operating overhead for the period. overapplied

Answer 1

Answer

a)

Predetermined overhead rate = Estimated overhead/Estimated hours

812,000/(50×7×8)

$812,000/2800

$290 per hour

b)

Operating room overhead charged:

Number of hours×Per hour rate

5×$290

$1,450

c)

Applied overhead:

Number of hours×Per hour rate

240×$290

$69,600

Over applied operating overhead:

$69,600-$67,250

$2,350

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