I don't know the price, but I know Soundcraft's GB8 series can be fitted with a meterbridge. I worked a show with that once, we were the opening band so there wasn't a lot of flexibility .. but it worked fine.
For me, the four-bar meters on the GL Series work plenty fine usually. It all depends on what you're trying to do. Usually I PFL to double-check more finely the signal level, and to finely adjust EQ. Most everything else I need to know the four-bar meter tells me plenty fine. For me, Signal, 0, +6, and Peak is plenty to have all at one time. I don't think I'd use a meterbridge if I had one. But again, that's just me.
Don't get too caught up in the little details.
I'd probably take a Yamaha
PM series console, Soundcraft 800B, even a Yamaha MC, these days still. I've got a GA32 that it's taken some time to get reaccustomed to (no Idiot Lights) even though I worked on one for several years a few years ago.
I wouldn't let the lack of a meterbridge sway me away from an otherwise good console. But I would try to get one with Idiot Lights, those are really handy.