City of Denton
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$1.5 million to $1.7 million a year
is what Denton 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 own pharmacy claims line. Every input is listed below with its source.
How this number was built
Pharmacy spend × savings rate 15% to 17% = $1.5 million to $1.7 million
Pharmacy spend base: $10 million. Display figures are rounded; the arithmetic runs on the printed values below.
1. The pharmacy spend base
- $10,053,043Self insured pharmacy claims
FY2025-26, adopted budget
6706.0002 - SELF-INSURED CLAIMS - PH $ 10,053,043.00
City of Denton FY2025-26 line item operating budget, page 108
2. 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
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
- cityofdenton.com
Public records on file
Original public documents and published reviews. A score is shown only when one has been recorded.
- Contract 8577, United HealthCare Services: medical third party administration and pharmacy benefit management
United HealthCare Services, Inc. (OptumRx) · Published Sep 5, 2026
Pricing exhibits presentContract term
Effective January 1, 2025. Three year initial term with two one year renewal options running through December 31, 2029. Authorized by ordinance 24-1835. Attachment D-5 (fees) and Attachment D-6 (guarantees) are included in the posted copy, which makes this the most complete local government PBM contract we found in Texas.
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The reference is the open source PBM contract published by Mark Cuban and collaborators, version 3.5. BetterBuy Rx did not write it and is not affiliated with or endorsed by its authors. Read the original model contract.