diff --git a/parquet/src/file/page_index/index.rs b/parquet/src/file/page_index/index.rs
index cebb602b31a1..1346cf08e6e7 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/page_index/index.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/page_index/index.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,55 @@ impl<T: ParquetValueType> NativeIndex<T> {
             boundary_order: index.boundary_order,
         })
     }
+
+    // TODO: remove annotation after merge with #6000
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) fn to_thrift(&self) -> ColumnIndex {
+        let min_values = self
+            .indexes
+            .iter()
+            .map(|x| x.min_bytes().map(|x| x.to_vec()))
+            .collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| vec![vec![]; self.indexes.len()]);
+
+        let max_values = self
+            .indexes
+            .iter()
+            .map(|x| x.max_bytes().map(|x| x.to_vec()))
+            .collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| vec![vec![]; self.indexes.len()]);
+
+        let null_counts = self
+            .indexes
+            .iter()
+            .map(|x| x.null_count())
+            .collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>();
+
+        // Concatenate page histograms into a single Option<Vec>
+        let repetition_level_histograms = self
+            .indexes
+            .iter()
+            .map(|x| x.repetition_level_histogram().map(|v| v.values()))
+            .collect::<Option<Vec<&[i64]>>>()
+            .map(|hists| hists.concat());
+
+        let definition_level_histograms = self
+            .indexes
+            .iter()
+            .map(|x| x.definition_level_histogram().map(|v| v.values()))
+            .collect::<Option<Vec<&[i64]>>>()
+            .map(|hists| hists.concat());
+
+        ColumnIndex::new(
+            self.indexes.iter().map(|x| x.min().is_none()).collect(),
+            min_values,
+            max_values,
+            self.boundary_order,
+            null_counts,
+            repetition_level_histograms,
+            definition_level_histograms,
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/parquet/src/file/page_index/offset_index.rs b/parquet/src/file/page_index/offset_index.rs
index 2ae3464141ca..1cee696a5603 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/page_index/offset_index.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/page_index/offset_index.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl OffsetIndexMetaData {
         self.unencoded_byte_array_data_bytes.as_ref()
     }
 
-    // TODO: remove annotation after merge
+    // TODO: remove annotation after merge after merge with #6000
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub(crate) fn to_thrift(&self) -> OffsetIndex {
         OffsetIndex::new(