ct costs and $8 million in indirect costs). Use the steps provided in your textbook to Calculate the cost per procedure using job-order costing. Procedure Projected Volumes L

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Outpatient Surgery is developing an RVU and product cost for the following surgical procedures, given the projected volumes and samples direct costs. Projected total costs for the Outpatient Surgery department are $20 million ($12 million in direct costs and $8 million in indirect costs). Use the steps provided in your textbook to Calculate the cost per procedure using job-order costing.

Procedure Projected Volumes Labor Expense Supply Expense
Subcutaneous Tissue Debridement 2,000 $100 $90
Esophagastroduodeno with Biopsy 4,000 $150 $60

Aspiration/Injection of a Joint

8,000 $75 $30
Colonoscopy 10,400 $110 $20

 

Next, Outpatient Surgery wants to add a cost driver to better represent the causal relationship of their indirect costs to produce a more accurate cost-per-procedure. Using the steps in your textbook assign costs to each procedure using the following information.

Procedure Equipment Use (min.)
Subcutaneous Tissue Debridement 10
Esophagastroduodeno with Biopsy 30
Aspiration/Injection of a Joint 5
Colonoscopy 15

 

Stage 2: Calculate the total cost for each procedure:

Lastly, Outpatient Surgery is considering adding a new cataract surgery procedure with a fixed cost of $200,000, a charge of $130 per procedure, and a variable cost of $90.

What is the breakeven point in quantity and in dollars? 

What is the contribution margin in dollars and in a percentage?

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