Question: A clinic has the fixed and variable costs shown below. A health maintenance organization offers to send 500 patients per year but only offers to pay $300 for each one. Should the clinic agree to this arrangement? It currently has 2,500 patients per year and can easily handle 3,000.
Variable Cost Per Patient Fixed Costs Per Year
Personnel $150
Rent $100,000
Supplies 20
Administrative 120,000
Laundry 30
Other 80,000
Other 50