Response to the following problem:
Pick Hospital provides you with the following 20X1 information:
Accounts receivable, 1/1 $ 45,000
Charges to patients' accounts 639,200
Cash collections on patients' accounts 634,200
Accounts written off as bad debts 4,690
Collection of accounts previously written off as bad debts 350
Allowance for bad debts, 1/1 5,400
The hospital's aging schedule indicates that $6,000 of the 12/31/X1 accounts receivable will prove uncollectible.
Required: What amount should the hospital's 20X1 statement of operations report as bad debt expense?