Joint winners with what must be the perfect solution...
$990 ioncorpse and V4nKw15h
Tested this level for quite a while but it wasn't until the day after I posted it I realised it could be done for $984 then subsequently $990. Annoyingly I originally designed the level with a metal sheet on the lefthand-side forcing the player to go right but thought we would get more varied solutions if I opened it up a bit.
Don't know which one of the winners wants to host the next competition, perhaps a collaborative design?