City of Irving

Pharmacy spend × pharmacy share 25.0% to 32.4% × savings rate 15% to 17% = $1.4 million to $2 million

Pharmacy spend base: $9.1 million to $12 million. Display figures are rounded; the arithmetic runs on the printed values below.

1. The pharmacy spend base

1. $36,311,155Claims and insurance, Health Insurance Fund

   FY2025-26, adopted budget

   CLAIMS AND INSURANCE 30,379,068 31,951,933 31,502,786 36,311,155 12.0 %

   City of Irving FY2025-26 adopted budget, page 246

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 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.
• Columns are FY2023-24 actual, FY2024-25 budget, FY2024-25 projected, FY2025-26 adopted. The line includes insurance premiums as well as claims.

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.