Stem rise and bar rise have the same effect on how the bike feels. Same with Headset stack height and any spacers you might have. Add all that stuff together, and that tells you how much total rise you would have.
As an example, I'm currently collecting parts for a new bike, and I want it to feel simular to my current bike. I'm currently running Odyssey Sweepstakes bars (9" rise) and an Enduro stem (30mm = 1.182". Don't ask me why bars are speced in inches and stems are speced in MM. It's retarded) with no spacers, and I'm going to use the same headset, so I'm not worried about that. My total rise is 10.182".
On my new bike I want to run T1 bars (8.85"), so I can either use an 1/8" spacer and the same stem (10.157, close enough), or what I've decided to do is use a SXTN stem (33mm = 1.3" rise) which is 10.15" (also close enough). If I really wanted to go full retard on it, I could find a headset with a little more stack height, but I don't think that would be noticable).
I hope that answered your question.