diff --git a/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py b/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py
index d8b3262e..38b5e52c 100644
--- a/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
 from rtree import index
 from scipy.ndimage import find_objects, label
 
-from docling.datamodel.base_models import OcrCell, Page
+from docling.datamodel.base_models import Cell, OcrCell, Page
 from docling.datamodel.document import ConversionResult
 from docling.datamodel.pipeline_options import OcrOptions
 from docling.datamodel.settings import settings
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class BaseOcrModel(BasePageModel):
             return ocr_rects
 
     # Filters OCR cells by dropping any OCR cell that intersects with an existing programmatic cell.
-    def filter_ocr_cells(self, ocr_cells, programmatic_cells):
+    def _filter_ocr_cells(self, ocr_cells, programmatic_cells):
         # Create R-tree index for programmatic cells
         p = index.Property()
         p.dimension = 2
@@ -119,6 +119,23 @@ class BaseOcrModel(BasePageModel):
         ]
         return filtered_ocr_cells
 
+    def post_process_cells(self, ocr_cells, programmatic_cells):
+        r"""
+        Post-process the ocr and programmatic cells and return the final list of of cells
+        """
+        if self.options.force_full_page_ocr:
+            # If a full page OCR is forced, use only the OCR cells
+            cells = [
+                Cell(id=c_ocr.id, text=c_ocr.text, bbox=c_ocr.bbox)
+                for c_ocr in ocr_cells
+            ]
+            return cells
+
+        ## Remove OCR cells which overlap with programmatic cells.
+        filtered_ocr_cells = self._filter_ocr_cells(ocr_cells, programmatic_cells)
+        programmatic_cells.extend(filtered_ocr_cells)
+        return programmatic_cells
+
     def draw_ocr_rects_and_cells(self, conv_res, page, ocr_rects, show: bool = False):
         image = copy.deepcopy(page.image)
         draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image, "RGBA")
diff --git a/docling/models/easyocr_model.py b/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
index 824242ca..f8d0cf8d 100644
--- a/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/easyocr_model.py
@@ -88,18 +88,8 @@ class EasyOcrModel(BaseOcrModel):
                         ]
                         all_ocr_cells.extend(cells)
 
-                    if self.options.force_full_page_ocr:
-                        # If a full page OCR is forced, use only the OCR cells
-                        page.cells = [
-                            Cell(id=c_ocr.id, text=c_ocr.text, bbox=c_ocr.bbox)
-                            for c_ocr in all_ocr_cells
-                        ]
-                    else:
-                        ## Remove OCR cells which overlap with programmatic cells.
-                        filtered_ocr_cells = self.filter_ocr_cells(
-                            all_ocr_cells, page.cells
-                        )
-                        page.cells.extend(filtered_ocr_cells)
+                    # Post-process the cells
+                    page.cells = self.post_process_cells(all_ocr_cells, page.cells)
 
                 # DEBUG code:
                 if settings.debug.visualize_ocr:
diff --git a/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_cli_model.py b/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_cli_model.py
index daee0572..9a50eee0 100644
--- a/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_cli_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_cli_model.py
@@ -170,18 +170,8 @@ class TesseractOcrCliModel(BaseOcrModel):
                             )
                             all_ocr_cells.append(cell)
 
-                    if self.options.force_full_page_ocr:
-                        # If a full page OCR is forced, use only the OCR cells
-                        page.cells = [
-                            Cell(id=c_ocr.id, text=c_ocr.text, bbox=c_ocr.bbox)
-                            for c_ocr in all_ocr_cells
-                        ]
-                    else:
-                        ## Remove OCR cells which overlap with programmatic cells.
-                        filtered_ocr_cells = self.filter_ocr_cells(
-                            all_ocr_cells, page.cells
-                        )
-                        page.cells.extend(filtered_ocr_cells)
+                    # Post-process the cells
+                    page.cells = self.post_process_cells(all_ocr_cells, page.cells)
 
                 # DEBUG code:
                 if settings.debug.visualize_ocr:
diff --git a/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_model.py b/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_model.py
index bb33327d..b2bd358b 100644
--- a/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/tesseract_ocr_model.py
@@ -140,18 +140,8 @@ class TesseractOcrModel(BaseOcrModel):
                         # del high_res_image
                         all_ocr_cells.extend(cells)
 
-                    if self.options.force_full_page_ocr:
-                        # If a full page OCR is forced, use only the OCR cells
-                        page.cells = [
-                            Cell(id=c_ocr.id, text=c_ocr.text, bbox=c_ocr.bbox)
-                            for c_ocr in all_ocr_cells
-                        ]
-                    else:
-                        ## Remove OCR cells which overlap with programmatic cells.
-                        filtered_ocr_cells = self.filter_ocr_cells(
-                            all_ocr_cells, page.cells
-                        )
-                        page.cells.extend(filtered_ocr_cells)
+                    # Post-process the cells
+                    page.cells = self.post_process_cells(all_ocr_cells, page.cells)
 
                 # DEBUG code:
                 if settings.debug.visualize_ocr: