City of Dallas

Pharmacy spend × pharmacy share 25.0% to 32.4% × savings rate 15% to 17% = $8.7 million to $13 million

Pharmacy spend base: $58 million to $75 million. Display figures are rounded; the arithmetic runs on the printed values below.

1. The pharmacy spend base

1. $232,177,512Employee Benefits Fund total expenditures, adopted budget

   FY2025-26, adopted budget

   Total Expenditures $232,177,512 $232,177,512 $174,041,953 $252,035,725 $19,858,213

   City of Dallas Budget Accountability Report, July 2026, page 11

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.

1. $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
2. $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
3. $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
4. $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

1. 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
2. 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 only a health fund total, which includes administration, stop loss premiums and sometimes other benefits, so the pharmacy base runs high. The pharmacy share is borrowed from DFW cities that print both lines.

What would make this firmer

• A pharmacy claims line in the adopted budget or annual financial report.
• Total health claims for the current fiscal year, separate from administration and stop loss premiums.

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.