How much would it cost to get a private and commercial helicopter license?

Question

I know it depends on area and flight hours but just a ballpark figure and explanation will be fine

Answer 1

See my previous answer to your question for fixed wing aircraft for single engine private and commercial licenses and multiply by a factor of 1.5 to 2.0

Answer 2

around 70K.  Helicopters are expensive to maintain so its passed on to the student.  Parts are life limited, which means they must be replaced once they've reached their time limit if they're still good or not, and the parts are $$$$.