In House M.D., what is the name of the fictional hospital where most stories take place?

Most stories in House M.D. take place at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

The hospital is presented as a teaching hospital in New Jersey, where Gregory House leads the Department of Diagnostic Medicine. Its name combines Princeton and Plainsboro, reflecting the fictional setting used by the series rather than a real institution with that exact identity.

The hospital provides the show with several connected worlds: emergency care, intensive care, outpatient clinics, surgical departments, and House’s diagnostic team. Many episodes begin with a patient arriving through an emergency or routine-care pathway before the case reaches House.

Viewers sometimes confuse Princeton-Plainsboro with real hospitals associated with the production. The series was filmed primarily in the Los Angeles area, while its story location is New Jersey. The hospital’s fictional status also distinguishes it from famous real teaching hospitals such as Johns Hopkins Hospital or Massachusetts General Hospital.