the question is, do you need a guy who charges $ 150 per

I like having the team local to me. I'm in a large city in the United States so that's causing the price to be higher, I'm sure I can find devs in lesser developed countries for cheaper, but I have the ability to say "Hey, lets talk about how the new feature is going, wanna grab coffee and discuss it?" with more expensive local teams. Plus from what I've seen, the dev teams based in the west seem to have a better understanding than those from the developing world. Its might cost more, but having things done right the first time is worth the extra cost, and it won't my my projects look like a fool's endeavor.