A King County Superior Court judge has ordered Bellevue-based Expedia to pay $184 million in a class-action lawsuit.

The lawsuit accused the internet travel agency of collecting hotel taxes based on a room’s higher retail price while paying for the lower wholesale price.

It also accused Expedia of combining taxes with an additional service-fee charge into a single line item on a hotel bill to make taxes appear higher than they actually were.

Superior Court Judge Monica Benton ruled that the company should pay out $184 million in service fees to customers who booked a hotel stay from mid-February 2003 to mid-December 2006.