I don't know about now-a-days, but I had my hair bleached back in around '92. Back then it cost about $40.

I'd never do it again that's for sure. Aside from the cost, which required me to go back in about every 4-6 weeks to keep the roots to a minimum so I didn't look like a skunk. There was the whole comfort issue. The appointment took 3 hours each time. First they would put the bleach on which felt like 10 million mosquito bites that you weren't allowed to scratch. You sat with that on your head for what seemed like an eternity. Then they put this toner stuff on that felt like acid in an open wound everywhere it had been itching and sat there with that on your head for also what seemed like an eternity. Then there was the issue of having the shades exactly match so you didn't have a rainbow of different shades in longer hair.

The whole experience was a nightmare and I only put up with it for 1 year before going back to my natural color.

I've never had my hair highlighted or just have some color tinted into it so I can't comment from experience on those.