Hi Staceman,
I focus on building sites for creative professionals and people who want a site that expresses something about what they do rather than conforming to
'bank style' design.
My current rate is $35 per hour, which I keep low so that I can take the time to do a good job. It is difficult to quote a price, as my clients often want to tweak the details. I would guess that for a template alone it would be around $400. If we continued to work together we would both get a better picture of what portion of the work I'd be doing and a reasonable price for it.
Here are a couple of projects I've recently completed:
http://www.intuitiveguide.com/prelaunch/
http://www.boomtownpictures.com
and my site:
http://www.cosmicidea.com
I look forward to discussing this with you more.
Cheers,
John