In House M.D., what is the fictional New Jersey hospital where Gregory House practices?

In House M.D., Gregory House practices at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

The hospital is the principal setting for the series, combining a teaching hospital, research center and emergency department. House leads a diagnostic-medicine team there, investigating unusual illnesses that other physicians have not solved. Although the name sounds like a real institution, Princeton-Plainsboro was created for the drama.

The exterior establishing shots used Princeton-Plainsboro State Hospital in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey, while many interiors were filmed on a soundstage. The fictional hospital is located near Princeton, allowing the series to connect House's cases with a recognizable academic environment. Viewers sometimes confuse it with Princeton University or real New Jersey hospitals, but the show never presents Princeton-Plainsboro as an actual medical center.