Asking a teacher amount fees

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

Do you think the sentence below is a natural way to ask how much a teacher charges for her lessons? Isn't it better to ask "How much do you charge (for a lesson or your lessons)?

"How much is the amount to be paid?"

 

[Phaedrus]

Isn't it better to ask "How much do you charge (for a lesson or your lessons)?

I personally should not use the "do you charge" part if I were speaking to a private teacher about a private lesson. One can simply ask:

How much is a lesson?
How much is each lesson?
How much are lessons?

It will be understood that one is talking about money and how much money the teacher charges.