Princeton Medical Center: MyChart, Doctors & Phone 2026

What to Do First Before Visiting Princeton Medical Center

Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center is located at 1 Plainsboro Road in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey. The official Penn Medicine location page lists the hospital as open 24 hours, with the main phone number 609-853-6500. It is part of Penn Medicine Princeton Health and serves central New Jersey patients needing emergency care, inpatient care, specialty services, surgery, imaging, behavioral health resources, cancer care, maternity-related services and outpatient support.

The most practical first step is to confirm why you are going. A patient arriving for emergency care, a visitor going to an inpatient unit, someone checking myPennMedicine, a person requesting medical records, and a patient preparing for a scheduled stay all need different information. Confirm the department, entrance, parking lot, appointment time, insurance card, medication list and whether your task can be handled through myPennMedicine before you leave home.

myPennMedicine Patient Portal: Appointments, Results, Records, Refills & Bills

Princeton Medical Center patients use MyChart by myPennMedicine, Penn Medicine’s secure patient portal. The portal lets patients manage appointments, contact providers, access medical information, renew prescriptions, share records and pay bills online. It can also be used through a personal computer or mobile device.

For practical use, myPennMedicine is often the best first stop after a hospital visit, lab test, imaging test, emergency visit, outpatient appointment, surgery, discharge or specialist follow-up. Before calling multiple departments, check whether your appointment, test result, medication list, bill or record is already available inside the portal.

Use myPennMedicine for these common tasks

• Schedule, reschedule or cancel eligible visits and lab tests.
• Review test results, medications and health summaries.
• Communicate with your care team and review notes when available.
• Request prescription renewals from your provider.
• Share your record with other providers through portal tools.
• Pay a Penn Medicine bill or use guest pay if you cannot log in.
• Download a PDF copy of available health information for yourself or another provider.

Medical Records: myPennMedicine, Authorization Form, HIM Office & Fax

Penn Medicine says patients can access much of their health information through the patient portal for free. In myPennMedicine, patients may download a PDF copy of available health information for themselves or to provide to another health care provider. The portal also offers Share Everywhere, which can give another provider limited one-time access to portal health information such as medications, allergies, immunizations and other health issues.

If you need records sent to someone other than yourself, Penn Medicine says you must submit an authorization form. For Princeton Medical Center, the official medical-records address is Health Information Management Department, 1st Floor, Education Building, One Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536. The fax number listed for Princeton Medical Center medical records is 609-853-7051.

Medical records request details

Records request checklist

1. Check myPennMedicine first if you only need available results, medications, allergies, immunizations, notes or health summaries.
2. Download a PDF from the portal if that is enough for your need.
3. Use Share Everywhere if another provider needs temporary portal access and that option fits your situation.
4. Use the Penn Medicine authorization form if records need to be sent to someone other than you.
5. Request the exact record type: discharge summary, emergency note, operative report, imaging report, lab result, medication list or visit note.
6. Use a specific date range instead of asking for “everything” unless a full chart is truly required.

Parking, Emergency Entrance, Patient Lots & Campus Navigation

Penn Medicine says free self-parking is available at Princeton Medical Center in convenient lots and the parking garage. Patient and visitor parking is reserved at the front and east side of the hospital in Lots P1 and P2. Dedicated parking areas for the emergency room are available at the rear of the hospital in Lots P8 and P9.

Parking for Physical Therapy and the Medical Arts Pavilion is available in the parking garage and Lot P5. Because Princeton Medical Center has several entrances, the closest entrance depends on whether you are going to emergency care, cancer care, physical therapy, the Medical Arts Pavilion, café, chapel, patient room or another department.

Parking and entrance guide

Emergency Department, Pediatric Emergency Support & When to Call 911

Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center has emergency care at its Plainsboro campus. The official emergency medicine listing shows Princeton Medical Center Emergency Medicine at the hospital address with phone 609-853-6500. Penn Medicine also describes its emergency medicine teams as available 24/7 for severe or life-threatening injuries or illnesses and urgent health needs that cannot wait for a regular office visit.

Emergency departments use triage, meaning patients are treated by clinical urgency rather than arrival order. A person with chest pain, stroke symptoms, severe breathing difficulty, major trauma, uncontrolled bleeding or signs of sepsis may be treated before someone who arrived earlier with a painful but stable issue.

For pediatric care, CHOP providers are available 24/7 for consultation in Princeton Medical Center’s emergency department when requested. CHOP also notes that pediatric patients age 12 and younger may have CHOP providers as primary attending physicians in the ED during specified afternoon and evening coverage hours. For a child’s serious symptoms, call 911 or use emergency care immediately.

What to bring to emergency care

• Photo ID and insurance card.
• Medication list with doses and pharmacy name.
• Allergy list, especially medication allergies.
• Recent discharge papers, imaging reports or specialist instructions if relevant.
• Phone charger and emergency contact information.
• Health care proxy, caregiver, guardianship or power-of-attorney documents if you manage care for someone else.
• For children, bring pediatrician name, medication doses, allergies and comfort items if allowed.

Visitor Hours, Age Rules, Support Person Access & What to Bring

Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center lists hospital visiting hours from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day for people 12 and older. Visitors are not allowed in after 8:45 p.m. Children are welcome, but must be accompanied and supervised by an adult other than the patient.

The number of visitors can depend on the needs and comfort of the patient, with limits at the discretion of nursing staff or the clinical team. One support person or family member may remain after visiting hours. Patients with special needs, neurocognitive disability or behavioral concerns may have one healthy caregiver, parent or guardian with them at all times, regardless of location.

Visitor checklist before you go

• Confirm the patient’s full name, room, unit and visitor status before arriving.
• Use visiting hours of 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. unless the unit gives different instructions.
• Arrive before the 8:45 p.m. visitor entry cutoff.
• Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult other than the patient.
• Do not visit if you are sick, contagious or have symptoms that could put patients at risk.
• Follow posted hand hygiene, masking, isolation and safety instructions.
• Ask before bringing flowers, food, latex balloons, strong fragrances or large gifts.

What patients should bring for a planned stay

• Insurance cards.
• A list of prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements.
• A list of known food or drug allergies.
• Any instructions given by your physician.
• A written list of questions you want answered.
• Photo ID, phone charger and emergency contact information.

Billing, Bill Pay, Payment Questions & Financial Planning

myPennMedicine can be used to pay bills online, and Penn Medicine also offers guest pay for patients who cannot log in. Billing can be confusing because one hospital visit may create more than one statement, especially if hospital, physician, lab, imaging, anesthesia, emergency or outside professional services are billed separately.

Before paying a large or confusing balance, compare the statement with your insurance Explanation of Benefits. Ask whether the balance is a hospital facility charge, professional bill, imaging charge, lab charge or another separate provider charge. If you need help, use Penn Medicine’s official billing and patient-resource pages rather than third-party payment links.

Billing checklist before paying

1. Use myPennMedicine or official Penn Medicine bill-pay resources.
2. Compare the bill with your insurance Explanation of Benefits.
3. Ask whether the charge is hospital-based, physician-based, lab, imaging, anesthesia or another separate bill.
4. Ask for an itemized statement if the balance is unclear.
5. Ask whether payment options or financial assistance resources apply.
6. Keep your bill, account number, insurance card, payment receipt and call notes together.

Common Patient Mistakes to Avoid at Princeton Medical Center

Official Princeton Medical Center Links

Use these official Penn Medicine resources for current details. Hospital information can change, especially visitor policies, medical-record instructions, parking routes, department hours, billing workflows and portal features.

Frequently Asked Questions