Based on the CPI inflation calculator, Drum's birth cost $1,134.82 cents in today's dollars.
The cost from the CNN link is $768 in today's dollars.
The cost from the last link is $696 in today's dollars (birth plus two days in a deluxe private room).

Are any of these close to $25,000?  Or are they closer to the $1,000 in my original comment?