If you only speak English, do not negotiate, and seek company from the most easily available venues, then for a bar girl expect to be quoted "cien" (one hundred) for 1 hour and additionally prodded for "propina" (tips) for anything more involved than covered sex where you pop once and then she leaves. At the "pensiones" (literally: boarding homes the women rent, but effectively massage parlours) you will be charged a flat fee between $20–60 USD for an hour of full-service sex at the front desk, and the girl may or may not ask for additional propina. If your tastes are more luxurious, you can find "prepago" (pre-paid) arrangements with model-tier women in the hundreds to thousands of US dollars, depending on the length of time.
If you speak even a little Spanish, are willing to negotiate and step away from high quotes, and look around, you can easily get all the above quoted services for half or even less. Some of the girls popular with forum regulars will frequently charge $100 or more to strangers at bars for quick, passionless relations, while with the men they know as regulars that's enough to spend the entire afternoon or overnight.
I've never been to SE Asia, and I'm only familiar with the culture of Latin America: here, the girls very much view this as a job, and since pimping and syndicates are illegal there's nothing to keep them from trying to get the most buck for their bang. If you read through the forum sections, you'll find conflicting testimonials about different girls by name. One man will say he paid hundreds of dollars for an hour or two, and all she did was lie there like a dead fish, while another will brag that he paid only $80 to spend an exciting afternoon and evening with her on the town followed by passionate sex all night. You will almost always find that the latter experiences are from men who speak at least some Spanish and are willing to negotiate and talk with the girls.
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