The Hammers will make a £289 ticket available when they move from their 35,000-capacity Upton Park to the 54,000-seater Olympic Stadium for the 2016-17 season. The current cheapest ticket in the top flight is £299 - offered by Manchester City.
West Ham say the reduction - from prices between £620 and £940 - has been offset by the new three-year record Premier League TV deal, worth £5.13bn.
The club's vice-chairman Karren Brady told BBC Radio 5 live: "I sit at the Premier League meetings. The subject of most debates is how to make football more affordable. I can't speak for other clubs. We feel we had an obligation."
When asked whether the prices were reduced in order to fill the new arena, Brady said: "We are not selling an inferior product for less, but a far superior product for less.
"We made a decision as a board that we put some of the money back from broadcast revenue into subsidising tickets for our supporters."
Many of the clubs who have responded say they have not yet planned for that season. Some said they have already implemented reductions in prices across the board.
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