City of McKinney
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$877,000 to $994,000 a year
is what McKinney 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% = $877,000 to $994,000
Pharmacy spend base: $5.8 million. Display figures are rounded; the arithmetic runs on the printed values below.
1. The pharmacy spend base
- $5,849,181Prescription claims, Risk and Insurance Fund significant budget items
FY2025-26, adopted budget
Prescription Claims $5,849,181
City of McKinney annual budget FY2026, page 160
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
- 2 public records
- Official website
- mckinneytexas.org
Public records on file
Original public documents and published reviews. A score is shown only when one has been recorded.
- Resolution, file 25-3125: group health and welfare benefits, pharmacy benefit management with CaremarkPCS Health
CaremarkPCS Health, L.L.C. · Published Sep 5, 2026
Pricing exhibits omitted from the postingContract term
Council date September 2, 2025. Resolution only; no agreement text is attached. The city posted the resolution as a Word file, which we converted to PDF without changing the content.
Not Council-scored
Open record - City of McKinney: September 2, 2025 minutes recording the 25-34RFP pharmacy benefit selection of CVS Caremark through Employers Health
CaremarkPCS Health, L.L.C. (CVS Caremark) accessed through the Employers Health coalition · Published Sep 11, 2026
Pricing exhibits omitted from the postingContract term
Minutes and the attached selection presentation record a council award item for 25-34RFP with a three-year rate guarantee for the pharmacy benefit and an anticipated January 2026 go-live (physical pages 3-5). No executed pharmacy benefit agreement or pricing exhibit is posted with the item.
Not Council-scored
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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.