A cost center is an accounting device for accumulating items of cost that have common characteristics. A cost center may or may not be a department within the institution. A cost center such as Depreciation and Amortization, is an example where the cost center would not be a department of the institution. A cost center may be a function within the health facility, as opposed to a department.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 441.74