Flight School
Have you looked @ SRT Helicopters in Ca.
They offer training in S300C's, and also can train you in an R44 if you choose. They are an M1 Visa approved school, and to date have a 100% first time pass rate.
They also offer fixed wing training, and conduct most of their Instrument training at night, so you are also building valuable night and night cross country.
If you do their professional pilot program, they suggest the following course of training.
PPl Helicopter
PPL Fixed Wing Add On
IFR Airplane (you will usually get 10 to 20 hours of actual IFR)
IFR Helicopter Add On
Mountain Course
Com Helicopter
CFI
CFII
The avg cost for all of that is usually 55 to 60K US
They have a FLY IT Simulator which also helps keep some of the costs down.
They do alot of advanced mission training such as SAR as well.
Lots of pictures and info on their facebook page.