PSF PGIM Laddered Allocation S&P 500 Buffer 20 Portfolio Fees and Expenses - PSF PGIM Laddered Allocation S&P 500 Buffer 20 Portfolio	Jun. 11, 2025
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Expense Heading [Optional Text]	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">PORTFOLIO FEES AND EXPENSES</span>
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	The table below shows the fees and expenses that you may pay if you invest in shares of the Portfolio. The table does not include Contract charges. Because Contract charges are not included, the total fees and expenses that you will incur will be higher than the fees and expenses set forth in the table. See your Contract prospectus for more information about Contract charges.
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text]	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;">Other expenses (which include expenses for accounting and valuation services, custodian fees, audit fees, legal fees, transfer agency fees, fees paid to Independent Trustees, and certain other miscellaneous items) are estimated for the current fiscal year based on estimated net assets of $100 million.</span>
Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text]	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;">Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)</span>
Expense Example [Heading]	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Example. </span>
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The table does not include Contract charges. Because Contract charges are not included, the total fees and expenses that you will incur will be higher than the fees and expenses set forth in the example. See your Contract prospectus for more information about Contract charges.The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Portfolio Turnover.</span>
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the example, affect the Portfolio's performance. No portfolio turnover rate is presented for the Portfolio because it has not completed its first fiscal year of operations.

PSF PGIM Laddered Allocation S&P 500 Buffer 20 Portfolio Fees and Expenses - PSF PGIM Laddered Allocation S&P 500 Buffer 20 Portfolio

Jun. 11, 2025

PORTFOLIO FEES AND EXPENSES

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

The table below shows the fees and expenses that you may pay if you invest in shares of the Portfolio. The table does not include Contract charges. Because Contract charges are not included, the total fees and expenses that you will incur will be higher than the fees and expenses set forth in the table. See your Contract prospectus for more information about Contract charges.

Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text]

Other expenses (which include expenses for accounting and valuation services, custodian fees, audit fees, legal fees, transfer agency fees, fees paid to Independent Trustees, and certain other miscellaneous items) are estimated for the current fiscal year based on estimated net assets of $100 million.

Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text]

Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Expense Example [Heading]

Example.

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The table does not include Contract charges. Because Contract charges are not included, the total fees and expenses that you will incur will be higher than the fees and expenses set forth in the example. See your Contract prospectus for more information about Contract charges.The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

Portfolio Turnover.

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the example, affect the Portfolio's performance. No portfolio turnover rate is presented for the Portfolio because it has not completed its first fiscal year of operations.