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 $258,300 Depreciation expense 64,700 Utilities 27,600 Nurse salaries 240,100 Technician wages 109,300 Total operating room overhead $700,000
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 $258,300 Depreciation expense 64,700 Utilities 27,600 Nurse salaries 240,100 Technician wages 109,300 Total operating room overhead $700,000
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Transcribed Image Text:b. Bill Harris had a six-hour procedure on January 22. How much operating room overhead would be charged to his procedure, using the rate determined in part (a)?
Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
c. During January, the operating room was used 240 hours. The actual overhead costs incurred for January were $58,000. Determine the overapplied operating overhead
or underapplied operating overhead for the period. Enter your answer as a positive number. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

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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
$258,300
Depreciation expense
64,700
Utilities
27,600
Nurse salaries
240,100
Technician wages
109,300
Total operating room overhead
$700,000
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.
This information has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file. Open the spreadsheet, perform the required analysis, and input your answers in the questions below.
Open spreadsheet
a. Determine the predetermined operating room overhead rate for the year. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
per hour
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