diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8cc5b24..0bad1ab0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.7.30
+
+* fix: table transformer doesn't return multiple cells with same coordinates 
+* 
 ## 0.7.29
 
 * fix: table transformer predictions are now removed if confidence is below threshold
diff --git a/test_unstructured_inference/models/test_tables.py b/test_unstructured_inference/models/test_tables.py
index 945e5fbb..10f845e7 100644
--- a/test_unstructured_inference/models/test_tables.py
+++ b/test_unstructured_inference/models/test_tables.py
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 from transformers.models.table_transformer.modeling_table_transformer import (
     TableTransformerDecoder,
 )
+from copy import deepcopy
 
 import unstructured_inference.models.table_postprocess as postprocess
 from unstructured_inference.models import tables
-from unstructured_inference.models.tables import apply_thresholds_on_objects
+from unstructured_inference.models.tables import apply_thresholds_on_objects, structure_to_cells
 
 skip_outside_ci = os.getenv("CI", "").lower() in {"", "false", "f", "0"}
 
@@ -1285,3 +1286,100 @@ def test_padded_results_has_right_dimensions(table_transformer, example_image):
 
 def test_compute_confidence_score_zero_division_error_handling():
     assert tables.compute_confidence_score([]) == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "column_span_score, row_span_score, expected_text_to_indexes",
+    [
+        (
+            0.9,
+            0.8,
+            (
+                {
+                    "one three": {"row_nums": [0, 1], "column_nums": [0]},
+                    "two": {"row_nums": [0], "column_nums": [1]},
+                    "four": {"row_nums": [1], "column_nums": [1]},
+                }
+            ),
+        ),
+        (
+            0.8,
+            0.9,
+            (
+                {
+                    "one two": {"row_nums": [0], "column_nums": [0, 1]},
+                    "three": {"row_nums": [1], "column_nums": [0]},
+                    "four": {"row_nums": [1], "column_nums": [1]},
+                }
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_subcells_filtering_when_overlapping_spanning_cells(
+    column_span_score, row_span_score, expected_text_to_indexes
+):
+    """
+    # table
+    # +-----------+----------+
+    # |    one    |   two    |
+    # |-----------+----------|
+    # |    three  |   four   |
+    # +-----------+----------+
+
+    spanning cells over first row and over first column
+    """
+    table_structure = {
+        "rows": [
+            {"bbox": [0, 0, 10, 20]},
+            {"bbox": [10, 0, 20, 20]},
+        ],
+        "columns": [
+            {"bbox": [0, 0, 20, 10]},
+            {"bbox": [0, 10, 20, 20]},
+        ],
+        "spanning cells": [
+            {"bbox": [0, 0, 20, 10], "score": column_span_score},
+            {"bbox": [0, 0, 10, 20], "score": row_span_score},
+        ],
+    }
+    tokens = [
+        {
+            "text": "one",
+            "bbox": [0, 0, 10, 10],
+        },
+        {
+            "text": "two",
+            "bbox": [0, 10, 10, 20],
+        },
+        {
+            "text": "three",
+            "bbox": [10, 0, 20, 10],
+        },
+        {"text": "four", "bbox": [10, 10, 20, 20]},
+    ]
+    token_args = {"span_num": 1, "line_num": 1, "block_num": 1}
+    for token in tokens:
+        token.update(token_args)
+    for spanning_cell in table_structure["spanning cells"]:
+        spanning_cell["projected row header"] = False
+
+    # table structure is edited inside structure_to_cells, save copy for future runs
+    saved_table_structure = deepcopy(table_structure)
+
+    predicted_cells, _ = structure_to_cells(table_structure, tokens=tokens)
+    predicted_text_to_indexes = {
+        cell["cell text"]: {
+            "row_nums": cell["row_nums"],
+            "column_nums": cell["column_nums"],
+        }
+        for cell in predicted_cells
+    }
+    assert predicted_text_to_indexes == expected_text_to_indexes
+
+    # swap spanning cells to ensure the highest prob spanning cell is used
+    spans = saved_table_structure["spanning cells"]
+    spans[0], spans[1] = spans[1], spans[0]
+    saved_table_structure["spanning cells"] = spans
+
+    predicted_cells_after_reorder, _ = structure_to_cells(saved_table_structure, tokens=tokens)
+    assert predicted_cells_after_reorder == predicted_cells
diff --git a/unstructured_inference/__version__.py b/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
index 2ec9a1ca..813471ef 100644
--- a/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.29"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.7.30"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured_inference/models/tables.py b/unstructured_inference/models/tables.py
index 1a81b354..5f0fb53e 100644
--- a/unstructured_inference/models/tables.py
+++ b/unstructured_inference/models/tables.py
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ def structure_to_cells(table_structure, tokens):
     columns = table_structure["columns"]
     rows = table_structure["rows"]
     spanning_cells = table_structure["spanning cells"]
+    spanning_cells = sorted(spanning_cells, reverse=True, key=lambda cell: cell["score"])
+
     cells = []
     subcells = []
     # Identify complete cells and subcells
@@ -507,6 +509,7 @@ def structure_to_cells(table_structure, tokens):
                     spanning_cell_rect.intersect(cell_rect).get_area() / cell_rect.get_area()
                 ) > inference_config.TABLE_IOB_THRESHOLD:
                     cell["subcell"] = True
+                    cell["is_merged"] = False
                     break
 
             if cell["subcell"]:
@@ -528,7 +531,7 @@ def structure_to_cells(table_structure, tokens):
             subcell_rect_area = subcell_rect.get_area()
             if (
                 subcell_rect.intersect(spanning_cell_rect).get_area() / subcell_rect_area
-            ) > inference_config.TABLE_IOB_THRESHOLD:
+            ) > inference_config.TABLE_IOB_THRESHOLD and subcell["is_merged"] is False:
                 if cell_rect is None:
                     cell_rect = Rect(list(subcell["bbox"]))
                 else:
@@ -539,6 +542,8 @@ def structure_to_cells(table_structure, tokens):
                 # as header cells for a spanning cell to be classified as a header cell;
                 # otherwise, this could lead to a non-rectangular header region
                 header = header and "column header" in subcell and subcell["column header"]
+                subcell["is_merged"] = True
+
         if len(cell_rows) > 0 and len(cell_columns) > 0:
             cell = {
                 "bbox": cell_rect.get_bbox(),