City of Carrollton
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$520,000 to $764,000 a year
is what Carrollton could save on prescription drugs at the pricing improvement a DFW city reported to its own council. This is an estimate built from the city's total health claims and a peer pharmacy share. Every input is listed below with its source.
How this number was built
Pharmacy spend × pharmacy share 25.0% to 32.4% × savings rate 15% to 17% = $520,000 to $764,000
Pharmacy spend base: $3.5 million to $4.5 million. Display figures are rounded; the arithmetic runs on the printed values below.
1. The pharmacy spend base
- $13,853,396Claims paid via TPA Cigna, Employee Health and Disability Fund
FY2026-27, adopted budget
Claims Paid Via TPA Cigna 11,483,768 11,423,289 14,582,522 13,853,396 21.27% 13,437,794 13,034,660
City of Carrollton FY2026-27 adopted budget, page 136
2. The pharmacy share, borrowed from DFW cities that print both lines
Share = pharmacy claims divided by pharmacy plus medical claims, for the same fiscal year and basis. The band runs from the lowest to the highest share observed.
- $5,849,181Prescription claims, Risk and Insurance Fund significant budget items
FY2025-26, adopted budget · peer figure from City of McKinney
Prescription Claims $5,849,181
City of McKinney annual budget FY2026, page 160 - $17,526,387Medical claims, Risk and Insurance Fund significant budget items
FY2025-26, adopted budget · peer figure from City of McKinney
Medical Claims $17,526,387
City of McKinney annual budget FY2026, page 160 - $10,053,043Self insured pharmacy claims
FY2025-26, adopted budget · peer figure from City of Denton
6706.0002 - SELF-INSURED CLAIMS - PH $ 10,053,043.00
City of Denton FY2025-26 line item operating budget, page 108 - $20,945,185Self insured medical claims
FY2025-26, adopted budget · peer figure from City of Denton
6706.0001 - SELF-INSURED CLAIMS - HE $ 20,945,185.00
City of Denton FY2025-26 line item operating budget, page 108
3. The savings rate, as a DFW city reported it
- 15%Better pricing from joining a purchasing consortium, low end
2017, estimate · peer figure from City of Fort Worth
Joining purchasing consortium – 15 – 17% better pricing
City of Fort Worth council presentation on health benefits, 2017, page 29 - 17%Better pricing from joining a purchasing consortium, high end
2017, estimate · peer figure from City of Fort Worth
Joining purchasing consortium – 15 – 17% better pricing
City of Fort Worth council presentation on health benefits, 2017, page 29
Read this before quoting the number
- The city prints total health claims but not a pharmacy line, so the pharmacy share is borrowed from DFW cities that print both. That share is labeled as a peer figure below.
What would make this firmer
- A pharmacy claims line in the adopted budget or annual financial report.
The rate is a pricing improvement one city reported, not a promise. Rebates, plan design and utilization move the real number. The model contract this platform scores against is attributed to Mark Cuban; nothing here implies his endorsement of any city or vendor.
What DFW cities have already reported
- $400,000City of Richardson, Texas, FY2026-27Estimated annual savings from ending GLP-1 coverage for weight loss only · richardsontx.new.swagit.com
- $1.5 millionCity of McKinney, 2025Drug plan savings the city's coalition said it could deliver · mckinneytx.new.swagit.com
- $2.4 millionCity of Garland, FY2021-22Pharmacy cost reduction, third year · garlandtx.gov, page 7
- $2.4 millionCity of Garland, FY2020-21Pharmacy cost reduction, second year · garlandtx.gov, page 7
- $1.4 millionCity of Garland, FY2019-20Pharmacy cost reduction, first year of the city's pharmacy savings effort · garlandtx.gov, page 7
- $3.8 millionCity of Fort Worth, 2017Guaranteed annual pharmacy savings for three years · fortworthgov.granicus.com, page 29
- Public documents
- 1 public record
- Official website
- cityofcarrollton.com
Public records on file
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- 2024 authorization: Cigna medical, dental and PBM services (RFP 24-012)
Cigna (medical, dental and PBM authorization) · Published Sep 8, 2026
Pricing exhibits omitted from the postingContract term
September 24, 2024 final action for RFP 24-012. Source describes a three-year bundled Cigna quote but does not establish calendar contract dates. Benefits page as fetched September 7, 2026 refers to 2026 coverage, not an executed agreement term.
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