What is the fictional New Jersey hospital called in House M.D.?

The fictional New Jersey hospital in House M.D. is Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. It is the primary workplace for Gregory House, his diagnostic teams, and many recurring physicians.

The hospital’s name combines Princeton and Plainsboro, municipalities in New Jersey. Although the institution is fictional, the show presents it as a teaching hospital with specialists, residents, an emergency department, an intensive-care unit, and research facilities. This setting allows the series to move between House’s diagnostic cases and the professional conflicts of a large medical center.

Viewers sometimes confuse the fictional hospital with real institutions in New Jersey or with the Princeton University campus. The production used exterior footage of Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center to represent the hospital in establishing shots, while many interior scenes were filmed on constructed sets. The hospital remains a setting rather than a real medical institution.