Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Question(s)

question 124

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following question(s) .A Hospital uses a job cost system for all surgery patients.In February, the pre-operating room (PRE-OP) and operating room (OR) had budgeted allocation bases of 1,000 nursing hours and 500 nursing hours, respectively, and budgeted nursing overhead charges were $28,000 and $22,000, respectively.The hospital ward rooms for surgery patients had budgeted overhead costs of $200,000 and 2,500 nursing hours for the month.PRE-OP, OR and the hospital ward have separate indirect cost pools.The hospital uses a budgeted overhead rate for applying overhead to patient stays.For patient Jones, actual hours incurred were six and eight hours, respectively, in the PRE-OP and OR rooms.He was in the hospital for 5 days (120 hours) .Other costs related to Jones were:

-What is the budgeted overhead rate for the hospital floor for surgery?

• A)$28.00
• B)$44.00
• C)$45.75
• D)$47.75
• E)$80.00

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