I did a stand-alone FAA PPL(H) back in 2006. At that point it was roughly USD 15K in US or GBP 15K in UK (USD:GBP was around 1.75) so was a great deal on US training.
Back in the UK, I had no problems doing SFH on my FAA ticket while taking a few months to do the JAA exams and the required 5hrs instrument awareness flight training for my JAA check ride.
I did my FAA PPL in KISM, Florida (the company no longer exists), but did my R44 conversion in West Palm Beach - so would also recommend Cloud9 as noted in a post above.