What is the fictional New Jersey hospital where most of House M.D. takes place?

Most of House M.D. takes place at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

The hospital is a fictional teaching hospital in New Jersey, created for the series rather than adapted from a real institution with that exact name. Its teaching-hospital status explains why House works with fellows and residents, and why difficult cases can involve multiple specialties.

The hospital’s name combines “Princeton” and “Plainsboro,” two real New Jersey place names. The show’s setting is often associated with Princeton, but the hospital itself is fictional. Princeton University’s campus also supplied exterior images used to represent the institution.

The hospital is the central workplace for Dr. Gregory House, Dr. James Wilson, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, and many members of House’s diagnostic teams. It therefore functions as more than a backdrop: its departments, clinics, laboratories, and boardroom drive the medical story in nearly every season.