Le prix est élevé par rapport à la facture d’artisan.

With prix, standard French usually uses élevé rather than cher.

• Le prix est élevé = the price is high
• C’est cher = it’s expensive

So cher usually describes the thing, service, or situation, while élevé describes the price itself. A French speaker would much more naturally say Le prix est élevé than Le prix est cher.

Here, élevé means high in the sense of an amount, level, or value.

It is the past participle of élever, but in this sentence it functions as an adjective. French often uses élevé for things like:

• un prix élevé = a high price
• un salaire élevé = a high salary
• un niveau élevé = a high level

So it does not mean physically lifted up here; it means high in an abstract sense.

Par rapport à means in relation to, compared with, or relative to.

It introduces the point of comparison. In this sentence, it tells you what the price is being judged against: la facture d’artisan.

It is a very common expression in French, both in everyday speech and in more formal contexts.

Because élevé agrees with prix, and prix is masculine singular.

So the adjective stays masculine singular:

• Le prix est élevé
• Un coût élevé

If the noun were feminine, the adjective would change:

• La somme est élevée
• La facture est élevée

Here, facture most likely means bill or invoice.

This is a very common French word in practical situations:

• payer une facture = to pay a bill
• envoyer une facture = to send an invoice

Learners sometimes confuse it with English words that look similar, but in this context it clearly refers to a bill or invoice.

Le prix usually refers to a specific price already known from the context, or to the relevant price in the situation.

So:

• Le prix = the price
• Un prix = a price

If you are talking about a particular service, product, or job, Le prix is natural because both speaker and listener know which price is being discussed.

This is an important question, because the two forms do not mean exactly the same thing.

• de l’artisan = of the artisan, belonging to the specific artisan
• d’artisan = artisan-type, craftsman-style, or simply of artisan work in a more general sense

Also, d’ is just de shortened before a vowel sound.

If the meaning is the artisan’s invoice, many speakers would find la facture de l’artisan more natural than la facture d’artisan.

So d’artisan sounds more general or descriptive, while de l’artisan points more clearly to one specific artisan.

It is understandable, but it may sound a little unusual depending on what you want to say.

If you mean the invoice from the artisan, French speakers would often prefer:

la facture de l’artisan

That is clearer and more idiomatic for a specific person.

La facture d’artisan can sound more general, as if you are talking about an artisan-style bill or the kind of bill associated with artisan work. So the sentence is understandable, but in many real contexts de l’artisan would probably be the more natural choice.

Yes. Depending on the context, you could also say:

• comparé à = compared with
• en comparaison avec = in comparison with

For example:

• Le prix est élevé comparé à la facture de l’artisan.
• Le prix est élevé en comparaison avec la facture de l’artisan.

However, par rapport à is extremely common and works well in many situations, so it is a very useful expression to know.