Huh? I would assume it costs much more... Just renting out the aircraft and paying fuel every time you actually take a lesson in the sky would cost that much...
Nope..
You need around 40 hours, 20 with a instructor. The place I know is $80 a hour for the plane and $50 for a instructor per hour.
Plane - $90/hr x 40 hours = $3,600.
Instructor - $50/hr x 20 hours = $1,000.
Plus a little more for books, test, etc...
For all in could be less than $5,000. But you might want to put in extra hours, extra instructor time, etc..