Good question, some places list their prices, and some don't. I'm not looking for bargain basement flying. Good equipment and instruction is important and I am willing to pay for it, but I also want it to be reasonable.

Around ~$120 wet + ~$55 (plus membership fees)for instructor seems to be inline with what is down in the city 2 hrs away, but that's a little far away for daily flying. $155+85 is what is charged locally.

Looking around the nation, the pricing seems to be all over the board. I'm not looking to cut corners, but if I could pay a little less for flying, I could afford room and board and fly my butt off for a few months and really knock out some ratings.

My other consideration is that the local school offers mountain and high altitude training, which could be good on a resume, especially as I would like to fly in AK for a summer or two to build time.

I already spent a ton of money getting my helicopter ratings a while back too so I'm just trying to be a little more frugal this time around.