SELECT 
  MAX(cscart_product_prices.price) 
FROM 
  cscart_product_prices 
  INNER JOIN cscart_products_categories ON cscart_products_categories.product_id = cscart_product_prices.product_id 
WHERE 
  cscart_products_categories.category_id IN (
    2690, 2995, 2693, 2695, 2923, 2825, 2826
  ) 
  AND cscart_product_prices.lower_limit = 1 
  AND cscart_product_prices.usergroup_id = 0

Query time 0.00316

JSON explain

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    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "649.50"
    },
    "nested_loop": [
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "cscart_products_categories",
          "access_type": "range",
          "possible_keys": [
            "PRIMARY",
            "pt"
          ],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "used_key_parts": [
            "category_id"
          ],
          "key_length": "3",
          "rows_examined_per_scan": 1171,
          "rows_produced_per_join": 1171,
          "filtered": "100.00",
          "using_index": true,
          "cost_info": {
            "read_cost": "122.55",
            "eval_cost": "117.10",
            "prefix_cost": "239.65",
            "data_read_per_join": "18K"
          },
          "used_columns": [
            "product_id",
            "category_id"
          ],
          "attached_condition": "(`cscart_db`.`cscart_products_categories`.`category_id` in (2690,2995,2693,2695,2923,2825,2826))"
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "cscart_product_prices",
          "access_type": "eq_ref",
          "possible_keys": [
            "usergroup",
            "product_id",
            "lower_limit",
            "usergroup_id",
            "idx_product_prices_usergroup_limit"
          ],
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          "used_key_parts": [
            "product_id",
            "usergroup_id",
            "lower_limit"
          ],
          "key_length": "9",
          "ref": [
            "cscart_db.cscart_products_categories.product_id",
            "const",
            "const"
          ],
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            "data_read_per_join": "27K"
          },
          "used_columns": [
            "product_id",
            "price",
            "lower_limit",
            "usergroup_id"
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}